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simulacro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dummy noun A model or replica of a person or object, used as a stand-in.
  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • simulacrum noun A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

Senses

simulacro is used for these senses in English:

  • dummy A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
  • ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
  • mock-up A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.
  • simulacrum A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

dummy — full definition

  1. noun A model or replica of a person or object, used as a stand-in.
  2. noun (informal) A stupid person, or a mild term of address.
  3. noun (British) A pacifier; a rubber or plastic nipple given to a baby to suck on.
  4. noun A fake or non-functional version of something, used for practice, testing, or deception.
  5. verb (sports) To fake a pass, kick, or move to deceive an opponent.

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

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