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simulacrum

[sim-yuh-ley-kruhm] / ˌsɪm yəˈleɪ krəm /


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The risks would be far greater if the interactions were taking place outside of a clinical setting, or for “re-animation” technologies like griefbots, which offer a simulacrum of speaking to a deceased loved one.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Having spent hours flying over its virtual simulacrum, I knew the place well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Apparently, a lot of folks feel seeing people in the real world is too taxing, and it's easier to refract your urge for connection to an app that offers only an inch-deep simulacrum.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025

If Schachtner’s orchestrations lack the confident stroke of the master’s pen, they remain a pleasing simulacrum of his flamboyantly emotional style.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Yet those charged with mounting the American offense in space saw strength in countering the Russian value of secrecy with its opposites— transparency, democracy, equality—and not a simulacrum.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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