Simulacrum

Quick meaning: Simulacrum is a noun meaning A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. 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.

Example Sentences

a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment

[Y]ou find you have nothing—nothing but a coat and wig and a mask smiling below it—nothing but a great simulacrum.

Certainly a vehicle that seemed to have no inside at all—that appeared to be the mere simulacrum of a vehicle—could not very well contain the two.

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.

Word Forms

• simulacra
• simulacrums

Synonyms for simulacrum

Depending on context, synonyms include simulant, simulation, effigy, image.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include effigy, image, sham, icon, representation, show.

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