simulacra
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yəˈleɪ noun, plural sim·u·la·cra 
[-kruh] .
[-kruh] . 1.
a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2.
an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin simulācrum likeness, image, equivalent to simulā(re) to simulate + -crum instrumental suffix
1590–1600; < Latin simulācrum likeness, image, equivalent to simulā(re) to simulate + -crum instrumental suffix
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| —n , pl -cra | |
| 1. | any image or representation of something |
| 2. | a slight, unreal, or vague semblance of something; superficial likeness |
| [C16: from Latin: likeness, from simulāre to imitate, from similis like] | |
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Word Origin & History
simulacrum
1599, from L. simulacrum "likeness, image, form, representation, portrait," dissimilated from *simulaclom, from simulare "to make like" (see simulation). The word was borrowed earlier as semulacre (late 14c.), via O.Fr. simulacre.
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Example sentences
Speech and music culturally evolved over time to be simulacra of nature.
These personages are more than mere simulacra, despite the fact that they live on a rarefied cerebral plane.
Though they are an improvement on a computer screen, e-book readers remain crude simulacra of books.
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