simulacrum

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  1. noun An image or representation.
  2. noun An unreal or vague semblance.

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  • If she disappeared, the whole kingdom would be roused to search for her he feared, and using a simulacrum was out of the question. —  Ill Met By Moonlight
  • The cave simulacrum, apparently proving popular, had been returned. —  The End of The Matter
  • Its radiance stopped down in simulacrum, the sun burned amidst a glory of corona and zodiacal light. —  The Rebel Worlds
  • If Harry had suffered no damage from receiving the cold iron cross-even if the simulacrum was so well made that it would not dissolve, it would be horribly burnt by the iron"Harry was truly the human boy, not a changeling. —  This Scepter'd Isle
  • They will build a simulacrum, abduct the boy, and leave the changeling in his place. " —  This Scepter'd Isle
 

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Etymologies (2)

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

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  1. Latin, a likeness, image, form, appearance, phantom (in philosophy a transitive of Greek ὁμοίωμἀ, from simulare, make like, imitate; see simulate.
 

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/sɪmjuˈleɪkrəm/
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