Noun
A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe simulacrum now hides, not the truth, but the fact that there is none, that is to say, the continuation of Nothingness. Jean Baudrillard
The simulacrum is never what hides the truth - it is truth that hides the fact that there is none. The simulacrum is true. - Ecclesiastes. Jean Baudrillard
These chemicals disclose layers of beauty that art is powerless to capture and for which the beauty of Nature herself is a mere simulacrum. Sam Harris
It is better to be opposed by an enemy than to be adrift in meaninglessness, for the simulacrum of an enemy lends purpose to actions whose nihilism would otherwise be self-evident. Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)
the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln Source: Internet
the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone Source: Internet