simulacra

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simulacra - 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.
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           Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. --Thackeray.
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