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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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