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sim·u·la·crum    Audio Help   [sim-yuh-ley-kruhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -cra    Audio Help   [-kruh] Pronunciation Key.
1.a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2.an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L simulācrum likeness, image, equiv. to simulā(re) to simulate + -crum instrumental suffix]
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sim·u·la·crum    Audio Help   (sĭm'yə-lā'krəm, -lāk'rəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. sim·u·la·cra (-lā'krə, -lāk'rə)
  1. An image or representation.
  2. An unreal or vague semblance.


[Latin simulācrum (from simulāre, to simulate; see simulate) + -crum, n. suff.]

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