Simulacrum

Definition: Simulacrum

Simulacrum

Noun

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".

Date "simulacrum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Etymology: Simulacrum \Sim`u*la"crum\, noun; plural Simulacra. [Latin expression See Simulate.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Simulacrum

Synonyms: effigy (n), image (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Simulacrum

English words defined with "simulacrum": Simulachre, Simulacra. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Simulacrum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (image, likeness, statue).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Sometimes I think that the dream is reality and life is the simulacrum. (Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist; writing credit: Tina Albanese)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Phantom Communities: The Simulacrum and the Limits of Postmodernism (reference) Simulacrum (reference) Simulacrum America: The USA and the Popular Media (European Studies in America Literature and Culture) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Simulacrum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Simulacrum" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	23	72,767

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "simulacrum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ngjasmim. (various references)

Bulgarian		смътна прилика, образ (effigy, face, figure, form, guise, idol, image, likeness, obverse, picture, representation, semblance, similitude, type, visage), преструвка (affectation, dissimulation, feint, pose, pretence, pretense, pretension, sham), подобие (analogue, analogy, effigy, likeness, parity, portrait, propinquity, replica, semblance, shadow, similarity, similitude), изображение (depiction, description, effigy, image, picture, portrait, representation), измамна прилика, измама (bunco, bunko, cheat, chouse, cozenage, cross, deceit, deception, delusion, do, double cross, double dealing, doubling, dupery, falsity, fiddle, flam, foul play, frame up, fraud, gaff, gag, gouge, guile, gyp, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, have on, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, imposition, imposture, indirection, jiggery pokery, jockeying, jugglery, kid, lemon, overreach, plant, pretence, put on, rig, rip off, roguery, sell, sellout, sham, shuffle, skin game, spoof, swindle, take in, thimblerig, trickery, twist). (various references)

Czech		napodobení (imitation, mock, sham, simulation). (various references)

Greek		ομοίωμα (effigy, image, mock up). (various references)

Hungarian		bálványkép (simulacra). (various references)

Manx		tuarystal (appearance, likeness, model, picture, portrayal, resemblance, shape, similitude). (various references)

Pig Latin		imulacrumsay

Portuguese		simulacro, simulação (affectation, bluff, disguise, feint, get a leg in, hold, make believe, pretend, pretension, simulation), mera semelhança, imitação (cheat, counterfeit, dud, fake, imitation, mimetic, mimicry, mock, phoney, phony, reproduction, sham, substitute, take off), imagem (diagram, figure, form, guest-card, idol, image, likeness, mirror, model, niche, picture, portrait, print, representation, resemblance, semblance), arremedo (apery, mockery). (various references)

Romanian		simulacru (semblance), prefãcãtorie (acting, cant, disguise, dissimulation, double dealing, feint, felinity, hypocrisy, make believe, pretence, sham, simulation). (various references)

Russian		подобие (image, kinship, propinquity, semblance, similarity). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		slika (canvas, chart, effigy, image, painting, picture), utvara (apparition, haunt, phantom, wraith), privid (illusion). (various references)

Spanish		simulacro (camouflaging, pretend, simulation). (various references)

Swedish		skenbild (phantasm), avbild (copy, image, likeness, picture, portrait). (various references)

Turkish		sahte gösteriş, taklit (affectation, bastard, bogus, counterfeit, echo, fake, false, gold brick, hit off, imitated, imitation, imitative, impression, mimesis, mimic, mimicry, mock, mockery, pinchbeck, repetition, reproduction, sham, simulated, simulation, snide, take off), imge, hayal meyal benzerlik, hayal (bubble, castles in spain, castles in the air, day dream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy, illusion, illusiveness, imagination, phantasy, pink elephant, pipe dream, reflection, reverie, shadow, specter, spectre, vision, waking dream), gölge (cloud, dark, shade, shadow, silhoutte). (various references)

Ukrainian		зображення (depiction, description, effigy, icon, ikon, image, impersonation, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefiguration, presentment, reflex, representation, resemblance, video), подоба (ostensibility, semblance). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ercontai oi aggeloi kai idou ta kenotafia epi thV klinhV kai hpar twn aigwn proV kefalhV autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cumque venissent nuntii inventum est simulacrum super lectum et pellis caprarum ad caput eius
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And whanne the messagers weren comen, it is foundun a simulacre vpon the bed, and skynnys of she geet at the heed of it.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And when the messengers had come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And when the men came in, there was the image in the bed, with the cushion of goat's hair at its head
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	1 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 16
Cebuano	Ug sa diha nga mingsulod na ang mga sulogoon, ania karon, ang larawan diha sa higdaanan, uban ang unlan nga balhibo sa kanding dapit sa ulo niana.
Croatian	A kad su glasnici ušli, gle: u postelji bješe idol, s kozjom dlakom oko glave!
Danish	Da Sendebudene kom derhen, opdagede de, at det var Husguden, der lå i Sengen med Gedehårsnettet over Hovedet.
Dutch	Als de boden kwamen, zo ziet, er was een beeld in het bed, en er was een geitenvel aan zijn hoofdpeluw.
Finnish	Mutta kun miehet tulivat sisälle, niin katso, vuoteessa olikin kotijumala, vuohenkarvoista tehty kärpäsverkko pään päällä.
French	Ces gens revinrent, et voici, le théraphim était dans le lit, et une peau de chèvre � son chevet.
German	Da nun die Boten kamen, siehe, da lag das Bild im Bett und ein Ziegenfell zu seinen Häupten.
Hungarian	És mikor a követek oda menének: ímé, a theráf volt az ágyban, és feje alatt a kecskeszõrbõl készült párna volt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu masuklah utusan itu ke dalam kamar dan ternyata patunglah yang terletak di tempat tidur dengan bantal bulu kambing di bagian kepalanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Serta sampailah suruhan itu, heran, maka adalah patung dalam tempat tidurnya dan kulit kambingpun pada bantalnya.
Italian	Tornarono i messaggeri ed ecco presso il letto c'erano i terafim e il tessuto di pelo di capra dalla parte del capo.
Maori	A, i te taenga atu o nga karere, na ko te whakapakoko i te moenga, me te urunga huruhuru koati i te wahi ki tona pane.
Norwegian	Men da budene kom inn, fikk de se at det var husguden som lå i sengen med gjetehårsteppet ved hodet.
Portuguese	Vindo, pois, os mensageiros, eis que estava a estátua na cama, e a pele de cabra � sua cabeceira.
Rumanian	Oamenii aceia s`au kntors, wi iatq cq terafimul era kn pat, wi kn jurul capului era o piele de caprq.
Spanish	Entraron los mensajeros, y he aquí que el ídolo estaba en la cama, y una almohada de cuero de cabra a su cabecera.
Swedish	Men när männen kommo in, fingo de se att det var husguden som låg i sängen, med myggnätet över huvudgärden.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "simulacrum": simulacrums. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Simulacrum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assimularum, simalacrum, simplicium, simulcrum. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "simulacrum" (pronounced 'Sim`u*la"crum'): Ambulacrum, fulcrum, sacrum. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-m-m-r-s-u-u"
	-2 letters: masurium, muscular.
	-3 letters: curiums, musical, simular, uracils.
	-4 letters: amicus, aurums, caulis, claims, cumuli, curial, curium, imaums, larums, miauls, murals, racism, sacrum, umiacs, uracil, urials.
	-5 letters: alums, amirs, arcus, arils, arums, aulic, auric, auris, aurum, calms, carls, cauls, claim, clams, crams, culms, curia, curls, imams, imaum, laics, lairs, laris, larum, liars, limas, liras, luaus, mails.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-m-m-r-s-u-u"
	+1 letter: simulacrums.
	+5 letters: circumambulates.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 69 6D 75 6C 61 63 72 75 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101001 01101101 01110101 01101100 01100001 01100011 01110010 01110101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#105 &#109 &#117 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#114 &#117 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0069 006D 0075 006C 0061 0063 0072 0075 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53757987786769848779

Non-English Dictionaries with "Simulacrum"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Albanian	fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim	shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець
Bulgarian	речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод	bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, �'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський
Czech	slovník, definice, překlad	çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Τσέχος, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка
Greek	λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση	гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова
Hungarian	szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás	унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець
Manx	fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght	gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект
Portuguese	dicionário, definição, tradução	portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, πορτογάλοσ, � ορτογάλος, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець
Romanian	dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire	rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський
Serbo-Croatian	leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje	servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk
Spanish	diccionario, definición, traducción	spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова
Swedish	ordbok, lexikon, översättning	suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський
Turkish	sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme	turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова
Ukrainian	словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення	ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова

Expression	Frequency per Day
simulacrum	11
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Simulacrum

Definition: Simulacrum

Simulacrum

Noun

Synonyms: Simulacrum

Crosswords: Simulacrum

Modern Usage: Simulacrum

Screenplays

Commercial Usage: Simulacrum

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Usage Frequency: Simulacrum

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Simulacrum

Modern Translation: Simulacrum

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Bulgarian

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Pig Latin

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Bible Trace: Simulacrum

Matched Bible Translations: Simulacrum

Derivations & Misspellings: Simulacrum

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Simulacrum"

Anagrams: Simulacrum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Simulacrum

53 69 6D 75 6C 61 63 72 75 6D

... .. -- ..- .-.. .- -.-. .-. ..- --

01010011 01101001 01101101 01110101 01101100 01100001 01100011 01110010 01110101 01101101

&#83 &#105 &#109 &#117 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#114 &#117 &#109

0053 0069 006D 0075 006C 0061 0063 0072 0075 006D

53757987786769848779

Non-English Dictionaries with "Simulacrum"

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