simulant
- noun
- /ˈsɪmjʊlənt/
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replicante
- In the movie, the main character interacts with a simulant designed to resemble her late father.
Examples
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I was raised by the simulants.
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We simulants cannot harm Nirmata.
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With a simulant, the future's never looked better.
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Simulant child is located on the 28th floor of the apartment building.
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Now bring me one of the simulants.
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One of them fell for a simulant in Hua Hin.
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The human locals, including the police, all work with A.I. Robots, humans, and simulants, they all hate us.
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Simulant child abducted by an American fugitive.
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Simulant.
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The scientists created a simulant that mimicked the behavior of real animals for their research.
Synonyms
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3.6
A close copy of something real, often a famous object or work of art
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4.2
A digital copy of a real person that can talk or act like them
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9.4
A machine made to look and act like a human
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9.1
A robot that looks and acts like a real person
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7.2
A computer program that copies a real person's voice, look, or style
A person or thing that looks almost the same as another
How Humanlike
Surface Forms
Morphology
simulant = simulate (transparent) = simul + ant
The sci‑fi sense of an artificial being that imitates a person is a straightforward extension of 'simulate' + '-ant'.
Etymology
Simulant comes from the Latin simulare, meaning 'to copy', the same root behind simulation and simulate. So a simulant is an artificial being or object made to copy a real person or thing, like a robot built to act like a human.