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similitude

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si·mil·i·tude  (s-ml-td, -tyd)
n.
1. Similarity; resemblance. See Synonyms at likeness.
2.
a. One closely resembling another; a counterpart.
b. A perceptible likeness.
3. Archaic A simile, allegory, or parable.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin similitd, from similis, like; see similar.]
similitude
Noun
Formal likeness; similarity
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Noun1.similitudesimilitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"
alikeness, likeness
similarity - the quality of being similar
comparability, compare, comparison, equivalence - qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
mirror image, reflection, reflexion - a likeness in which left and right are reversed
naturalness - the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music"
resemblance - similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
spitting image - a perfect likeness or counterpart
dissimilitude, unlikeness - dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
2.similitudesimilitude - a duplicate copy
counterpart, twin
duplication, duplicate - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"
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Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape, to be so like a man, so the similitude of superstition to religion, makes it the more deformed.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
The points of similitude consist in the rivalship of power, applicable to both, and in the CONCENTRATION of large portions of the strength of the community into particular DEPOSITORIES, in one case at the disposal of individuals, in the other case at the disposal of political bodies.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
In all these, however, and in every other similitude of life to the theatre, the resemblance hath been always taken from the stage only.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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