similitude

American  

[si-mil-i-tood, -tyood] / sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

noun

1. likeness; resemblance.

   a similitude of habits.

2. a person or thing that is like or the match or counterpart of another.

   This expression is a similitude of the other.

3. semblance; image.

   a similitude of the truth.

4. a likening or comparison in the form of a simile, parable, or allegory.

   He spoke by similitudes.

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similitude British  

/ sɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. likeness; similarity

2. a thing or sometimes a person that is like or the counterpart of another

3. archaic a simile, allegory, or parable

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Other Word Forms

• nonsimilitude noun

Etymology

Origin of similitude

1325–75; Middle English < Latin similitūdō likeness, equivalent to simili ( s ) similar + -tūdō -tude

Example Sentences

By combining the terminal speed of the sphere's fall with the resistance the sphere encounters from the fluid as it falls, researchers can determine an analogue for the Reynolds similitude.

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

I have a lot of similitude with the younger Celine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022

The diversity of the world outside of the campus is limited and regimented by the similitude of the vocation.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2018

If the ratio of similitude is 1, the similar figures become symmetric figures, and they are therefore congruent.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene