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Definition of simulacrum noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

simulacrum

noun
 
/ˌsɪmjuˈleɪkrəm/
 
/ˌsɪmjuˈleɪkrəm/
(plural simulacra
 
/ˌsɪmjuˈleɪkrə/
 
/ˌsɪmjuˈleɪkrə/
)
(formal)
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  1. something that looks like somebody/something else or that is made to look like somebody/something else synonym copy
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, from simulare, from similis ‘like’.
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