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Simulacrum   Listen
noun
Simulacrum  n.  (pl. simulacra)  A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; now usually in a derogatory sense. "Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum."





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"Simulacrum" Quotes from Famous Books



... expressed by adumbration, and in the noblest part of Jewish types, we find the cherubim shadowing the mercy-seat. Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. All things fall under this name. The sun itself is but the dark simulacrum, and light ...
— Austin and His Friends • Frederic H. Balfour


Words linked to "Simulacrum" :   effigy, color, representation, idol, gloss, scarer, god, guy, image, scarecrow, graven image, waxwork, straw man, semblance, bird-scarer, wax figure, colour, strawman


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