SIMULACRUM


Meaning of SIMULACRUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsim-yə-ˈla-krəm, -ˈlā- ]

noun

( plural sim·u·la·cra -krə ; also -crums )

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from simulare

Date: 15th century

1. : image , representation

a reasonable simulacrum of reality — Martin Mayer

2. : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.