similitude

[ si-mil-i-tood, -tyood ]

/ sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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noun

likeness; resemblance: a similitude of habits.

a person or thing that is like or the match or counterpart of another: This expression is a similitude of the other.

semblance; image: a similitude of the truth.

a likening or comparison in the form of a simile, parable, or allegory: He spoke by similitudes.

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Origin of similitude

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

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non·si·mil·i·tude, noun

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How to use similitude in a sentence

It can be a place of similitude across city and state lines, or a site of discovery, depending on whether the gas station stocks regional specialties.
I Found the Formula for Road Trip Bliss, and It’s Gardetto’s and Sour Punch Straws|Jenny G. Zhang|May 26, 2021|Eater
The similitude is a calumny on the descendants of Ishmael; the fiercest Bedouin are refined and mild compared with the Apaches.
Overland|John William De Forest
Thus, under the similitude of a game, I have seen children confronted with the horrors of arithmetic, and even taught to gargle.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
It must, of course, be understood that the similitude of de Vasselot's desire was only an outward one.
The Isle of Unrest|Henry Seton Merriman

This exact similitude the traveler attributes to the great dryness of the air and earth in the desert where he beheld it.
International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850|Various
But in either case the music is the music, and is like nothing else; it is no representation or similitude of anything whatsoever.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for similitude

similitude

/ (sɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd) /

noun

likeness; similarity

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

archaic a simile, allegory, or parable

Word Origin for similitude

C14: from Latin similitūdō, from similis like

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similitude

Origin of similitude

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