SIMULACRUM


Meaning of SIMULACRUM in English

/ ˌsɪmjuˈleɪkrəm; NAmE / noun

( pl. simu·lacra / -krə; NAmE /) ( formal ) something that looks like sb/sth else or that is made to look like sb/sth else

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from Latin , from simulare , from similis like.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.