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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an insubstantial or vague semblance;

2. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);
- Example: "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"
- Example: "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
[syn: effigy, image, simulacrum]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Simulacrum \Sim`u*la"crum\, n.; pl. Simulacra. [L. See
   Simulate.]
   A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now
   usually in a derogatory sense.
   [1913 Webster]

         Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. --Thackeray.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

simulacrum
    n 1: an insubstantial or vague semblance
    2: a representation of a person (especially in the form of
       sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the
       emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn: effigy,
       image, simulacrum]