semblance

[ sem-bluhns ]
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noun
  1. outward aspect or appearance.

  2. an assumed or unreal appearance; show.

  1. the slightest appearance or trace.

  2. a likeness, image, or copy.

  3. a spectral appearance; apparition.

Origin of semblance

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Middle French, equivalent to sembl(er) to seem (see resemble) + -ance-ance

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semblance

/ (ˈsɛmbləns) /


noun
  1. outward appearance, esp without any inner substance or reality

  2. a resemblance or copy

Origin of semblance

1
C13: from Old French, from sembler to seem, from Latin simulāre to imitate, from similis like

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