simulacrum
\sim-yuh-LEY-kruhm\
noun
1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
Quotes
We, the simulacrum and I, did share a narrow bed that night together in Magda's home, but the simulacrum did not permit the dog, whose napping company I had grown accustomed to, to join us.
-- Rivka Galchen, Atmospheric Disturbances, 2008
Origin
Simulacrum is related to the word simulate. It comes from the Latin word simulācrum which means "likeness, image."
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