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单词 simulacrum
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simulacrumn.

/sɪmjʊˈleɪkrəm/
Forms: Plural simulacra (1600s simulachra), and -simulacrums.
Etymology: Latin, < simulāre to make like, to simulate adj. See also simulacre n.
1. A material image, made as a representation of some deity, person, or thing.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue
likenessOE
imagec1225
figurea1300
signa1382
statuea1393
staturea1393
statutea1393
statutec1430
statuac1450
picture1517
idol1548
portraiture1548
pattern1582
portrait1585
icon1587
monument1594
simulacrum1599
statuary1599
plastic1686
make1890
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 229 The Heathen them~selves call them every where the Effigies and Simulachra of other.
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin II. i. 18 The far-famed simulacrum, (the image of Cybele,) which fell from Heaven.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Oct. 11 The dead-alive gape, stare, and hue of the lumpish simulacrums of a wax show.
1887 B. V. Head Historia Numorum 634 The mountain is flanked by two tall conical simulacra, with radiate summits.
2.
a. Something having merely the form or appearance of a certain thing, without possessing its substance or proper qualities.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance > mere appearance or image of something
shadow?c1225
shade1297
phantomc1384
moonshine1468
fume1531
show1547
eggs in moonshine?1558
smoke1559
sign1597
ghost1613
umbra1635
parhelion1636
bogle1793
simulacrum1805
phantasmagoria1821
spectre1849
1805 Edinb. Rev. 7 183 Does he mean..films, shadows, or simulacra proceeding from real external existences.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 181 An ambitious charlatan, perversity and simulacrum.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 205 It behoved men to quit simulacra and return to fact.
1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iv. 169 Nothing but a coat and wig and a mask smiling below it—nothing but a great simulacrum.
1881 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 235 The true succession lies with those who carry the principles of the master to a more fruitful development, and not with those who embalm them as..sacred but sterile simulacra.
b. A mere image, a specious imitation or likeness, of something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [noun] > one who or that which simulates
simular1526
image1548
simulacrum1833
simulant1860
simulator1899
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > instance of
showa1500
making-upa1525
shine?1529
face1542
varnish1565
copy of one's countenance1579
false1598
mock-beggar1603
mockerya1616
umbrage1634
simulacrum1833
phoney war1939
1833 Edinb. Rev. 57 334 Some spirit of life breathed into their simulacrum of a faith.
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 329 Nightly we lay down our gold, to fashion forth simulacra of peasants, in gay ribands and white bodices.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. vi. 233 He is become a mere enchanted simulacrum of a Duke.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly III. vi. 86 A vehicle..that appeared to be the mere simulacrum of a vehicle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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