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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˌsimjəˈleɪcrəm/


Noun

  1. An image or representation; as, a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment.
  2. A faint trace or semblance; as, a simulacrum of hope.


Translations


Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

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Latin

Etymology

from simulare

Noun

simulācrum, Appendix:Latin second declension|-i n

  1. an image, likeness


Synonyms


it:simulacrum ru:simulacrum vi:simulacrum

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet simulacrum
n 1: an insubstantial or vague semblance
2: a representation 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]
[also: simulacra (pl)]
Moby Dictionary
Prospero , acting , affectation , airiness , ally , alter ego , analogon ,
analogue , angle , appearance , aspect , associate , attitudinizing ,
bluff , bluffing , brother , certified copy , cheat , cheating ,
clinquant , close copy , close match , cognate , color , coloring ,
companion , complement , configuration , congenator , congener ,
coordinate , copy , correlate , correlative , correspondent ,
counterfeit , counterpart , dead ringer , deception , delusion ,
delusiveness , disguise , dissemblance , dissembling , dissimulation ,
double , dummy , duplicate , ectype , effect , effigy , eidolon ,
equivalent , ersatz , exact likeness , facade , face , facet , fair copy ,
faithful copy , fake , fakement , fakery , faking , fallaciousness ,
false air , false appearance , false front , false light , false show ,
falseness , falsity , fashion , feature , feigning , feint , fellow ,
figure , forgery , form , four-flushing , frame-up , fraud , front ,
gestalt , gilt , gloss , guise , hoax , humbug , humbuggery , icon ,
idealization , idol , illusionism , illusionist , illusiveness , image ,
imago , imitation , immateriality , impostor , imposture , impression ,
junk , kindred spirit , light , like , likeness , lineaments ,
living image , living picture , look , magic , magic act , magic show ,
magician , manner , masquerade , match , mate , meretriciousness ,
miniature , mirroring , mock , model , near duplicate , obverse ,
ostentation , outward show , parallel , paste , pasticcio , pastiche ,
pendant , phase , phasis , phony , photograph , picture , pinchbeck ,
playacting , portrait , pose , posing , posture , prestidigitation ,
pretense , pretension , pretext , put-on , put-up job , reciprocal ,
reference , reflection , regard , representation , resemblance ,
respect , ringer , rip-off , rubbing , second self , seeming , semblance ,
shadow , sham , shape , shoddy , show , showing , side , similitude ,
simulation , sister , slant , sleight of hand , sorcerer , sorcery ,
soul mate , specious appearance , speciousness , spit , spit and image ,
spitting image , style , such , suchlike , swindle , tally , the like of ,
the likes of , tinsel , total effect , trace , tracing , twin , twist ,
unactuality , unreality , unsubstantiality , varnish , very image ,
very picture , view , viewpoint , whited sepulcher , window dressing ,
wise


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