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A copy with self-esteem, proudly admitting it isn't the original.

means An exact reproduction of an object, made deliberately and honest about being a copy.

from From Italian replicare, to repeat or replyitself from Latin replicare, to fold back, the same root that bends replicate and reply.

Honest by natureUnlike a forgery, it admits it's not original.
Artist-madeOriginally a copy made by the original artist.
Museum stapleFossils and statues on display are often replicas.
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