simulacrum

C2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/ UK /ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪkɹəm/ See IPA manual

Freq #119372

Meanings

1

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

A simulacrum of a New York studio apartment.
2

noun
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.

One Life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us forevermore! It were well for us to live not as fools and simulacra, but as wise and realities.

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Synonyms

2 noun · a thing which has the... simulantsimulation

Word family

Related forms icon replica

Etymology

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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# simulacrum

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪkɹəm/
**Frequency rank:** 119372

## Meanings
1. A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.
2. 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
- A simulacrum of a New York studio apartment.
- One Life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us forevermore! It were well for us to live not as fools and simulacra, but as wise and realities.

## Synonyms
- simulant
- simulation

## Related Forms
- icon
- replica

## Etymology
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”).

## Topics
- People & Society

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