Resemblance

Noun

 * 1) The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
 * 2) * 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
 * Words and things were united in their 'resemblance'. Renaissance man thought in terms of similitudes: the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. There were four ranges of resemblance. Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon. Convenientia connected things near to one another, e.g. animal and plant, making a great “chain” of being. Analogy: a wider range based less on likeness than on similar relations. Sympathy likened anything to anything else in universal attraction, e.g. the fate of men to the course of the planets. A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.
 * 1) That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
 * 2) A comparison; a simile.
 * 3) Probability; verisimilitude.

Synonyms

 * likeness

Adjectives for Resemblance
intricate; mimetic; enchanted; successful; extraordinary; fancied; natural; striking; faraway; vague; distant; self-evident; divine; partial; mysterious; close; protective; inaccurate; defensive; aggressive; capital; inexplicable;  recognizable;   unexpected; startling.

Verbs for Resemblance
accentuate—; approximate—; assimilate—; bear—; detect—; discern—; evoke—; kindle —; savor of—; sharpen—; —amazes; — astounds; —disturbs; —moves; —shocks; —smites; —stirs; —strikes.

Thesaurus
accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assimilation, certified copy, closeness, coincidence, community, companion, comparability, comparableness, comparison, conformity, congruity, copy, copying, correspondence, counterfeit, dead ringer, double, duplicate, ectype, effigy, equivalence, exact likeness, fair copy, faithful copy, fake, fellow, forgery, icon, identity, idol, image, imitation, likeness, likening, living image, living picture, match, mate, metaphor, mimicking, miniature, mirroring, model, nearness, parallel, parallelism, parity, pasticcio, pastiche, phony, photograph, picture, portrait, reflection, representation, rubbing, sameness, semblance, shadow, similarity, simile, similitude, simulacrum, simulation, spit and image, spitting image, trace, tracing, twin, very image, very picture

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