What is another word for simulacrum?

Pronunciation: [sˌɪmjʊlˈe͡ɪkɹəm] (IPA)

Simulacrum is a term that refers to a representation or imitation of something. There are various synonyms that can be used to describe this concept, including facsimile, replica, duplicate, copy, likeness, image, and semblance. Each of these words conveys a similar meaning as simulacrum, but with slightly different nuances. For example, facsimile is often used to refer to an exact replica, while replica may include some variation from the original. Duplicate, copy, and likeness imply a one-to-one correspondence between the original and the representation, while image and semblance suggest a more conceptual or abstract connection. Using synonyms like these can help to add variety and nuance to your writing, while also allowing you to convey the same basic idea in different ways depending on the context.

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What are the hypernyms for Simulacrum?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Simulacrum?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for simulacrum?

Antonyms for the word "simulacrum" include reality, authenticity, genuineness, originality, substance, realness, solidness, or tangible. Simulacrum refers to a representation or imitation of a thing, particularly a disturbed and less sincere or truthful representation of it. Therefore, the antonyms of this word represents the concept of being true, real, and genuine. The antonyms suggest an actual worth or existence, rather than the appearance or representation of it, which could be misleading or false. While simulacrum denotes a lack of authenticity or truth, the antonyms stand for accurate and substantial representations.

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Usage examples for Simulacrum

The present Susunhan, descended from both Hindu and Arab ancestry, maintains a brilliant simulacrum of royal state, and his huge Kraton, far surpassing that of Djokjacarta, contains 10,000 inhabitants.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
There is hardly anything to be said in its favour, except that its vogue, as has been observed, testified to the craving for prose fiction, and kept at least a simulacrum of that fiction before the public.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury
It seemed to him that some imperishable essence of the man was really here, mingling with the shadows, floating in the dusky air; and that possibly over there among the rocks, if one went to look for it, one might see a simulacrum of the man's bodily shape-perhaps only a gray shadowy outlined form, the odious stranger of dreams, but more vague than in the dreams, stretched on his back, holding up his blood-stained boots, and grinning all over his battered face.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell

Famous quotes with Simulacrum

  • Logically the Neo-Pagan should get rid of the institution of marriage altogether; but the very nature of human society, which is built up of cells each of which is a family, and the very nature of human generation, forbid such an extreme. Children must be brought up and acknowledged and sheltered, and the very nature of human affection, whereby there is the bond of affection between the parent and the child, and the child is not of one parent but of both, will compel the Neo-Pagan to modify what might be his logical conclusion of free love and support some simulacrum of the institution of marriage.
    Hilaire Belloc
  • An ad that pretends to be art is — at absolute best — like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something from you. This is dishonest, but what's sinister is the cumulative effect that such dishonesty has on us: since it offers a perfect facsimile or simulacrum of goodwill without goodwill's real spirit, it messes with our heads and eventually starts upping our defenses even in cases of genuine smiles and real art and true goodwill. It makes us feel confused and lonely and impotent and angry and scared. It causes despair.
    David Foster Wallace
  • “Is this a real blue-collar bar or a simulacrum thereof?” “Both. It started out as a pure simulacrum, a few years ago, before the economy crashed, when it was hip for twentysomethings to move down here and dress in Carhartts and Utilikilts. But they did such a good job of it that actual blue-collar people began to show up. And then the economy did crash, and the hip people discovered that they were, in actual point of fact, blue collar, and probably always would be. So you’ve got guys here who run lathes. But they have colored Mohawks and college degrees, and they program the lathes in computer languages. I was trying to come up with a name for them. Cerulean-collar workers, maybe.” “Do a lot of people stop by here on their way to the private jet terminal?” “You’d be surprised.”
    Neal Stephenson

Related words: virtual reality, virtual worlds, virtual reality headset, augmented reality, artificial reality, full immersion virtual reality headset, holographic imaging

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