simulacrum
si·mu·lac·rum
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”
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a variant of -culum, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, a suffix forming instrument nouns), from similis (“similar (to)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).
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