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{{short description|1981 book by Jean Baudrillard}}
{{distinguish|Simulation hypothesis|Simulated reality}}
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| name          = Simulacra and Simulation
| title_orig    = Simulacres et Simulation
| translators   = Paul Foss, Paul Batton & Philip Beitchman
| image         = File:Simulacres et Simulation.jpg
| caption       = Cover of the first edition
| author        = [[Jean Baudrillard]]
| illustrator   =
| cover_artist  =
| country       = France
| language      = French
| series        =
| subject       = [[Simulacra]], [[semiotics]]
| publisher     = Éditions Galilée (French) & [[Semiotext(e)]] (English)
| pub_date      = 1981
| english_pub_date = 1983
| media_type    = Print ([[Paperback]])
| pages         = 164 pp
| isbn =  2-7186-0210-4 |isbn_note= (French) & {{ISBN|0-472-06521-1}} (English)
| dewey= 194 19
| congress= BD236 .B38
| oclc= 7773126
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''''Simulacra and Simulation''''' ({{langx|fr|Simulacres et Simulation}}) is a 1981 [[Philosophy|philosophical]] [[treatise]] by the [[philosopher]] and [[cultural theory|cultural theorist]]  [[Jean Baudrillard]], in which he seeks to examine the relationships between reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of [[culture]] and [[media (communication)|media]] involved in [[Social constructivism|constructing]] an understanding of shared existence.

[[Simulacra]] are copies that depict things that either had no original, or that no longer have an original.<ref>{{cite web
|first1=Robert
|last1=Goldman
|first2=Stephen 
|last2=Papson
|url=http://it.stlawu.edu/~global/glossary/simulacra.def.html
|title=Simulacra definition
|work=Information technology
|publisher=[[St. Lawrence University]]
|location=Canton, New York
|date=30 August 2003
|access-date=4 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627011355/http://it.stlawu.edu/~global/glossary/simulacra.def.html
 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Simulation]] is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time.<ref name="definition">{{cite book
| first1=Jerry
| last1=Banks
| first2=John S. II
| last2=Carson
| first3=Barry L.
| last3=Nelson
| first4=David M.
| last4=Nicol
| title=Discrete-Event System Simulation
| publisher=[[Pearson Education]]
| location=London, England
| date=2001
| page=3
| isbn=0-13-088702-1}}</ref>