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SIMILITUDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A duplicate copy
Synonyms:
counterpart; similitude; twin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("similitude" is a kind of...):
duplicate; duplication (a copy that corresponds to an original exactly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
Example:
man created God in his own likeness
Synonyms:
alikeness; likeness; similitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("similitude" is a kind of...):
similarity (the quality of being similar)
Attribute:
alike; like; similar (having the same or similar characteristics)
dissimilar; unalike (not alike or similar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "similitude"):
comparability; compare; comparison; equivalence (qualities that are comparable)
mirror image; reflection; reflexion (a likeness in which left and right are reversed)
naturalness (the likeness of a representation to the thing represented)
resemblance (similarity in appearance or external or superficial details)
spitting image (a perfect likeness or counterpart)
Antonym:
dissimilitude (dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness)
