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Apr. 26, 2015

simulacrum \sim-yuh-LEY-kruhm\ noun 1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance. 2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite. Quotes We, the simulacrum and I, did share a narrow bed that night together in Magda's home, but the simulacrum did not permit the dog, whose napping company I had grown accustomed to, to join us. -- Rivka Galchen, Atmospheric Disturbances, 2008 Origin Simulacrum is related to the word simulate. It comes from the Latin word simulācrum which means "likeness, image."

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