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simulacra

NOUN

copy

Synonyms

STRONG

Photostat Xerox archetype carbon cast clone counterfeit counterpart ditto duplicate effigy ersatz facsimile forgery image impersonation impression imprint likeness microfiche mimeograph miniature mirror model offprint parallel pattern photocopy photograph portrait print reduplication reflection replica replication representation reprint reproduction rubbings similarity simulation study tracing transcript transcription type

WEAK

carbon copy ectype hard copy

Antonyms

STRONG

difference dissimilarity entity opposite original unlikeness

Example Sentences

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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

Italian semiotician and author Umberto Eco said as much in his seminal Il costume di casa, or "Faith in Fakes," in which he attempted to unfurl "America's obsession with simulacra and counterfeit reality."

From Salon • Jul. 10, 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

Therefore the body was carefully interred, sometimes even embalmed, and its weapons and foods, or at all events simulacra of these, were laid beside it.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James