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simulacrum |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Simulacrum \Sim`u*la"crum\, n.; pl {Simulacra}. [L. See {Simulate}.] A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. --Thackeray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: simulacrum n 1: an insubstantial or vague semblance 2: a likeness of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn: {effigy}, {image}]
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