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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-368/
- Published: 2025-08-11T18:15:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-11T18:15:37.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

simulacrum (noun):

1: image, representation  
2: an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simulacrum?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : There is more than a crumb of similarity between simulacrum and simulate: both words come from simulāre, a Latin verb meaning "to pretend, produce a fraudulent imitation of, imitate." At the root of simulāre is the Latin adjective similis, which means "having characteristics in common." Many "similar" words trace back to similis, hence the resemblance between simulacrum and familiar terms like simultaneous, simile, and of course similarity.

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