simulacrum
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simulacrum
- /ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪkɹəm/ UK
- /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a variant of -culum, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, a suffix forming instrument nouns), from similis (“similar (to)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).
noun simulacra · simulacrums
- A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing. a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment
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A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation; a semblance.
One Life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us forevermore! It were well for us to live not as fools and simulacra, but as wise and realities.
Similar: simulant, simulation
Translations
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noun physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing
| Español | simulacro |
|---|---|
| Português | simulacro |
| Français | simulacre |
| Deutsch | Simulacrum, Simulakrum |
| Italiano | simulacro |
| Ελληνικά | απείκασμα apeíkasma, επίφαση epífasi |
| Română | simulacru |
| العربية | محاكاة |
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