similitude
Americannoun
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likeness; resemblance.
a similitude of habits.
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a person or thing that is like or the match or counterpart of another.
This expression is a similitude of the other.
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semblance; image.
a similitude of the truth.
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a likening or comparison in the form of a simile, parable, or allegory.
He spoke by similitudes.
noun
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likeness; similarity
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a thing or sometimes a person that is like or the counterpart of another
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archaic a simile, allegory, or parable
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Etymology
Origin of similitude
1325–75; Middle English < Latin similitūdō likeness, equivalent to simili ( s ) similar + -tūdō -tude
Example Sentences
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They must have dissipation and may follow the Reynolds similitude, but the right approach to examine it had not yet been developed.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024
“Everyone says that we have a similitude with Guardiola’s teams and especially when he was the coach of Barça,” Bonmatí said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023
“The similitude across such an immense scale is astonishing,” Dr. Galison said.
From New York Times • May 12, 2022
I have a lot of similitude with the younger Celine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022
Mark the course of this Bishop Hughs for the last few years, and you will be struck with the exact similitude which in every feature exists between itself and that of Rodin.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
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