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
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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
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
In the case of Chrishna of India, in particular, the similitude is very striking in nearly every feature of the whole story.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey
But plenty of writers can conjure exciting similitudes.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
For I have with wondering eyes beheld a thousand forms and similitudes, of which I am not able to write.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its thought buried itself in similitudes and allusions.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
The eschatology is similar to that taught in the similitudes of the Book of Enoch.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
First of all write thou my mandates and similitudes; and the rest, as I will show thee, so shalt thou write.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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