Replicating a simulacrum is the scincerest form of flattery. From Wordnik.com. [KEIRA KNIGHTLEY ON HER PERIOD AGAIN] Reference
Such a substitution by the Power Elites/State partnership of symbolic prosperity for broad-based, real prosperity is what I term a simulacrum of prosperity in my analysis. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Not sure I really belive that, but you don't see the word simulacrum enough these days. From Wordnik.com. ["Of all the debates Sullivan has been embroiled in, his collision with the gay left is the hardest to reconstruct..."] Reference
BTW -- your earlier post made me look up the word "simulacrum"--- your posts are always so educational!. From Wordnik.com. [Scents by Alexis Duchess, White Sable and Goddess] Reference
Recall the simulacrum upon the surface that is no more. From Wordnik.com. [A Response to 8 Years of George W. Bush's Simulucrum on Real Humans] Reference
"We had Mechanix International construct us that foolproof android simulacrum, which is filling in for me while I--". From Wordnik.com. [Kahen no Ame] Reference
Have you ever felt that the place where you lived or grew up was being turned into a 'simulacrum' of itself?. From Wordnik.com. [Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem: Questions] Reference
I think the best word I've ever managed to slot into a song is "simulacrum" in a folky Bob-Dylan-esque number. From Wordnik.com. [lyrics 101] Reference
Yes, I tend to choose the rarer of words in my written work, often because I enjoy the sound of things like 'simulacrum' or 'ennui'. From Wordnik.com. [truckeratlas Diary Entry] Reference
And it's not a dream, although it is a simulacrum. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men: "The Fog" -- HuffPost Review] Reference
You will see my simulacrum, a plastered effigy of me. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
While settle for the simulacrum when one can have the real McCoy?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign Opens Fire On Obama Over Reagan Comments] Reference
Rationally, a simulacrum of a state is better than no state at all. From Wordnik.com. [Roi Ben-Yehuda: Resolving Conflict Over a Beer: Lessons for Israeli, Palestinian and American Negotiators] Reference
The cave simulacrum, apparently proving popular, had been returned. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
"While settle for the simulacrum when one can have the real McCoy?". From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign Opens Fire On Obama Over Reagan Comments] Reference
Naturally, he could see nothing so out of keeping with the forest simulacrum. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
What I want to see is an e-Book that is no longer a simulacrum of a printed work. From Wordnik.com. [Giles Slade: Eebs: A History of Future Publishing] Reference
He has taken on a simulacrum of Haluk form solely in order to mock and calumniate us. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
The perennially popular board game Monopoly is a reasonable simulacrum of capitalism. From Wordnik.com. [Capitalism 3.0~ Chapter 7] Reference
She subvocalized, concentrating on narrowing the spectrum to a simulacrum of her voice. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
An FX miracle that would make us think we're in the past even as we witness its simulacrum?. From Wordnik.com. [Blague d'art: Newstalgia] Reference
Whatever "real person" exists behind the Joe the Plumber simulacrum is of little relevance. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Cenedella: Barack the Builder vs. Joe the Plumber: Battle of the Cartoon Stars!] Reference
It's the most revolting spectcale this pale simulacrum of a democracy could possibly cough up. From Wordnik.com. [Gergen: McCain And Palin Should Calm Down The Unhinged McCainiacs] Reference
So many parents did not want a real child, only a simulacrum of one that would obey every order. From Wordnik.com. [Music to My Sorrow]
And that's all you have to feed on, you unutterably pathetic excuse for a disembodied simulacrum. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Camp Misspells His Name In Web Ad] Reference
Well, as we analysts of mass culture say, it's an explosion of simulacra triggered by a simulacrum. From Wordnik.com. [Wannabes] Reference
He had played at love, and she had been fool enough to mistake love's simulacrum for the real thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Today, she has been jabbed and stabbed into a simulacrum of perfection - so her face can do nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Botox is Destroying Hollywood Acting] Reference
The latter was a new addition to this 21st-century simulacrum of the 1950s "Leave It to Beaver" idyll. From Wordnik.com. [End of the ‘Ownership Society’] Reference
As ingenious and natural as the Wii may seem, it still offers just a simulacrum of real-life activity. From Wordnik.com. [Playing with Gaming] Reference
The tape had recorded nothing since the third simulacrum of himself had been destroyed by the merchant. From Wordnik.com. [Orphan Star]
OK, so the latter was a new addition, a 21st-century simulacrum of the 1950s "Leave It to Beaver" idyll. From Wordnik.com. [Awaking From the All-American Dream] Reference
Irishman will say a simulacrum of Home Rule, with an express notice that it is never to come into operation. From Wordnik.com. [Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics] Reference
The dreamlike simulacrum was complete with all relevant sensory accompaniment sight, smell, touch, everything. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
When reality becomes mediated by the media, and thus a simulacrum, we take comfort in the simulacrum that parodies the simulacrum. From Wordnik.com. [Jan Herman: Yeah, It's All My Fault] Reference
"Only that which doesn't exist is written with the sepia ink blood of simulacrum" - Borges by way of Quadrillard by way of Invention. From Wordnik.com. [A Mess] Reference
I rather take the view that it's David Cameron who has turned the Tory Party into a simulacrum indistinguishable from the Labour party. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
While the shades were drawn behind Sophie, giving the focus on her form, behind us the London daylight, or its simulacrum, kept us aglow. From Wordnik.com. [Karin Badt: Inside The Landmark Forum] Reference
Warner Shook's staging, undeniably energetic, is subverted by a relentlessly declamatory, often hectoring style that's a simulacrum of true theatrical power. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloody Old Kentucky Home] Reference
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