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Meanings of simulacra in English

Russian
симулякр

Representation or imitation of a person or thing.

симулякр
Usage of simulacra in English
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And these are the simulacra I seem to have seen there darkly.
Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
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The rest of us turned our attention back to the simulacra displays.
The Hyperion Cantos
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There are times when human-neuronal paranoia can react faster than mere digital simulacra.
Existence
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Journalism is a form of storytelling, both being simulacra-building enterprises.
The Guardian
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In place of the real we have simulation and simulacra.
The Irish Times
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No smoking-room will ever be other than peopled with incalculable simulacra amidst smoke wreaths.
The Good Soldier
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Why would the Pattern be creating simulacra to bug me?
The Great Book of Amber
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And that's where I found this simulacra of a simulacra.
NY Magazine
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When Perenelle looked at his face, she realized that the creatures were indeed simulacra.
The Alchemyst
10
I reached into the pocket that held Dedan's simulacra.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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The anatomical insights were shown as spectral, spooky, elusive images -not as lurid simulacra.
The Guardian
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Even natural things like trees and moonlight became cut-away simulacra of themselves, then bleached away.
Walking dead
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She thought they might be simulacra, artificial creatures grown in vats of putrid bubbling liquid.
The Alchemyst
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Other movie monsters are even closer simulacra of ourselves.
The Guardian
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There was nothing I could do short of subduing him with the wax simulacra I'd made.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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The scenes that succeeded were many: episodes from profane and sacred histories; simulacra of the great saints.
Visionaries
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