simulacrum

simulacrum
/sim'yeuh lay"kreuhm/, n., pl. simulacra /-kreuh/.
1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
[1590-1600; < L simulacrum likeness, image, equiv. to simula(re) to SIMULATE + -crum instrumental suffix]

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