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simulacrum

[sim-yuh-ley-kruhm] / ˌsɪm yəˈleɪ krəm /


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When George secretly attended a robot football game, his simulacrum told Jane he had to work late.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The risks would be far greater if the interactions were taking place outside of a clinical setting, or for “re-animation” technologies like griefbots, which offer a simulacrum of speaking to a deceased loved one.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

It’s as if they were taken over by a simulacrum, as in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

If Schachtner’s orchestrations lack the confident stroke of the master’s pen, they remain a pleasing simulacrum of his flamboyantly emotional style.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

“You let the boy make a simulacrum of you, then bring him here on malfeasance?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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