Hypertext Webster Gateway: "simulacrum"
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) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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