simulacra
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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
Chalmers argues that ongoing advances in technology — especially in virtual reality and computer simulation — are eventually going to make the scary stories told around seminar tables about dreams and simulacra into real possibilities.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
Like the fruitiness of fruit-flavored candy, it's an intense and concentrated simulacra of the original.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2022
Still emaciated beyond description, they were no longer simulacra of death.
From When the Sleepers Woke by Zagat, Arthur Leo