simulacrum
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They return again and again to the phenomenon of experiential change, such as the way that memories may seem accurate or false depending on one’s vantage, or when something original is mistaken for its simulacrum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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
The original manuscript of Hemingway’s book has not, alas, been rediscovered — Byers has created a simulacrum of sorts, an imagined version of “One Must First Endure.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
It’s as if they were taken over by a simulacrum, as in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
He pushes me casually to the side, holding the scim to the simulacrum.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
“Today I have put aside my plush ball in search of the real,” Gelsomina thinks, amusingly invoking semioticians such as Jean Baudrillard, who explored simulacra and authenticity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She added, “We’ve reached a saturation point with retail simulacra: Everything is a copy of a copy, and even things that started in Copenhagen are now at Wayfair.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Philosopher John Searle made a fairly convincing argument that mere simulacra of understanding language can exist without real comprehension.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2022
Improbably, Kor never displays impatience at having to repeat the simulacra so many times.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
Seeing them the objects of superstitious observances, he may have concluded that they were simulacra of a god.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
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An Ember in the Ashes
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