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appearance
noun
1 appearance
Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing.
synonym: visual aspect.
Roget 6:
extrinsicality†,
objectiveness,
non ego;
extraneousness
etc.
57;
accident;
appearance,
phenomenon
etc.
448.
Roget 446:
visibility,
perceptibility;
conspicuousness,
distinctness
etc.
adj.;
conspicuity†,
conspicuousness;
appearance
etc.
448;
bassetting†;
exposure;
manifestation
etc.
525;
ocular proof,
ocular evidence,
ocular demonstration;
field of view
etc.
(vision)
441;
periscopism†.
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Dutch: aanblik, aanzicht, aanzien, habitus, uiterlijk, voorkomen
Polish: fizjonomia, wizerunek, powierzchowność, aparycja
2 appearance
The event of coming into sight.
Dutch: verschijning
3 appearance
4 appearance
5 appearance
The act of appearing in public view.
Polish: występowanie
6 appearance
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression:
— They try to keep up appearances.
synonym: show.
Roget 448:
appearance,
phenomenon,
sight,
spectacle,
show,
premonstration†,
scene,
species,
view,
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
lookout,
outlook,
prospect,
vista,
perspective,
bird's-eye view,
scenery,
landscape,
picture,
tableau;
display,
exposure,
mise en sc ne [Fr.];
rising of the curtain.
phantasm,
phantom
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443.
pageant,
spectacle;
peep-show,
raree-show,
gallanty-show;
ombres chinoises [Sp.];
magic lantern,
phantasmagoria,
dissolving views;
biograph†,
cinematograph,
moving pictures;
panorama,
diorama,
cosmorama†,
georama†;
coup de theatre,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
pageantry
etc.
(ostentation)
882;
insignia
etc.
(indication)
550.
aspect,
angle,
phase,
phasis†,
seeming;
shape
etc.
(form)
240;
guise,
look,
complexion,
color,
image,
mien,
air,
cast,
carriage,
port,
demeanor;
presence,
expression,
first blush,
face of the thing;
point of view,
light.
lineament feature trait lines;
outline,
outside;
contour,
face,
countenance,
physiognomy,
visage,
phiz. ,
cast of countenance,
profile,
tournure†,
cut of one s jib,
metoposcopy†;
outside
etc.
220.
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