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Meanings of simulacrum in English

Portuguese
efígie
Catalan
efígie

A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

        efígie
        Russian
        симулякр

        Representation or imitation of a person or thing.

              симулякр
              Usage of simulacrum in English
              1
              Better than a mewing and courtseying simulacrum of the woman- Idrivelagain.
              Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
              2
              The simulacrum grew larger, like an object seen in a zoom lens.
              Anvil of stars
              3
              It all works, after a fashion, providing a simulacrum of life .
              Internecine
              4
              Then she turns on her implants, and dives back into the simulacrum.
              Reach for Infinity
              5
              There is no reason this should fail, especially not at the simulacrum stage.
              Reach for Infinity
              6
              Cathy left them to help Anne's father escort the guests from the simulacrum.
              The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
              7
              Once we embrace the personalized simulacrum, we start letting AI speak for us.
              Wired
              8
              I have never had to deal with a homunculus simulacrum personally.
              Soulless
              9
              Surprised, Ariel dodged the simulacrum as if it were an insect.
              Anvil of stars
              10
              A numerical simulacrum has been run through a bitek processor array.
              The Reality Dysfunction
              11
              I could make a simulacrum of the draccus, but then what?
              The Name of the Wind
              12
              A simulacrum of a nurse; I didn't even know they wore those uniforms anymore.
              Brains: a zombie memoir
              13
              Our lives are not some sort of simulacrum simply because they sometimes come pixellated.
              The Guardian
              14
              I didn't look at him very much; I was studying the simulacrum of Yva.
              When the World Shook / Being an Account of the Great Adventure o...
              15
              It was a simulacrum of sorrow he'd never approached in even his best rehearsals.
              11/22/63
              16
              Or perhaps the simulacrum is perfect, and it is the world that is hideous.
              Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
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