similitude

si·mil·i·tude

S0415000 (sĭ-mĭl′ĭ-to͞od′, -tyo͞od′)n.1. Similarity; resemblance: "Not every case of similitude in nature is proof of a close bloodline" (Natalie Angier).2. Archaic One that closely resembles another.3. Archaic A simile, allegory, or parable.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin similitūdō, from similis, like; see similar.]

similitude

(sɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd) n1. likeness; similarity2. a thing or sometimes a person that is like or the counterpart of another3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) archaic a simile, allegory, or parable[C14: from Latin similitūdō, from similis like]

si•mil•i•tude

(sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud)

n. 1. likeness; resemblance. 2. a person or thing that is like or the counterpart of another. 3. semblance; image. 4. a likening or comparison; a simile, parable, or allegory. [1325–75; Middle English < Latin similitūdō likeness, derivative of similis similar]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	similitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"alikeness, likenesssimilarity - the quality of being similarcomparability, 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 reversednaturalness - 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 detailsspitting image - a perfect likeness or counterpartdissimilitude, unlikeness - dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
	2.	similitude - a duplicate copy counterpart, twinduplication, duplicate - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"

similitude

nounThe quality or state of being alike:affinity, alikeness, analogy, comparison, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, uniformity, uniformness.

Translations

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