similar
adjective
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way.
self-similar
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a word derived from
similar.
Example Sentences
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They were the embodiment of the cookie-cutter chain retail that has given city blocks the homogenous, self-similar quality of the suburbs.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2022
When you zoom in or out, it’s self-similar.
From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022
We much prefer to become romantically involved with someone of the same race, and we also pick mates who are self-similar in education, height, body mass index, social positions, attitudes, religiosity and even genes.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2019
Schools are such familiar, self-similar environments—the awkward chair-desks, the laminated maps—that the one on the news could easily stand in for yours.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2018
Perhaps gamers and their game culture have been as responsible as anyone for the rise in expressly self-similar forms of television like Beavis and Butt-head, The Simpsons and Southpark.
From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff
