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simulacrum

sim·u·la·crum

simulacrum · simulacra · simulacrums

Simulacrum, Simulakrum

A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thingA physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

UK/ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪkɹəm/US/ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/

» This is a copy of a photo of a painting. I guess that makes it a third level simulacrum.

Meaning

2 senses

A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.
a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment
Simulacrum, Simulakrum
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation; a semblance.

Examples

1 sentences

This is a copy of a photo of a painting. I guess that makes it a third level simulacrum.
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Translations

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By meaning 1

physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a vari

Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a variant of -culum, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, a suffix forming instrument nouns), from similis (“similar (to)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).

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