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simulacrum noun It's not a figment of your imagination; there is a similarity between "simulacrum" and "simulate." Both of those English words derive from "simulare," a Latin verb meaning "to copy, represent, or feign." In its earliest English uses, "simulacrum" named something that provided an image or representation (as, for instance, a portrait, marble statue, or wax figure representing a person). Perhaps because a simulacrum, no matter how skillfully done, is not the real thing, the word gained an extended sense emphasizing the superficiality or insubstantiality of a thing. 1 : image, representation2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace

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December 19, 2008 sim-yuh-LAK-rum The magazine is still in publication, but, since the change in ownership, it is but a simulacrum of its former self.

Word	simulacrum
Date	December 19, 2008
Type	noun
Syllables	sim-yuh-LAK-rum
Etymology	It's not a figment of your imagination; there is a similarity between "simulacrum" and "simulate." Both of those English words derive from "simulare," a Latin verb meaning "to copy, represent, or feign." In its earliest English uses, "simulacrum" named something that provided an image or representation (as, for instance, a portrait, marble statue, or wax figure representing a person). Perhaps because a simulacrum, no matter how skillfully done, is not the real thing, the word gained an extended sense emphasizing the superficiality or insubstantiality of a thing.
Examples	The magazine is still in publication, but, since the change in ownership, it is but a simulacrum of its former self.
Definition	1 : image, representation 2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace

Simulacrum English Representation December Noun Sim Yuh Lak Rum Figment Imagination