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semblance
noun
1 semblance
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading:
— He hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity.
synonyms: color, colour, gloss.
Roget 19:
imitation;
copying
etc.
v.;
transcription;
repetition,
duplication,
reduplication;
quotation;
reproduction;
mimeograph,
xerox,
facsimile;
reprint,
offprint.
mockery,
mimicry;
simulation,
impersonation,
personation;
representation
etc.
554;
semblance;
copy
etc.
21;
assimilation.
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature
etc.
21.
plagiarism;
forgery,
counterfeit
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
celluloid.
imitator,
echo,
cuckoo†,
parrot,
ape,
monkey,
mocking bird,
mime;
copyist,
copycat;
plagiarist,
pirate.
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Roget 472:
probability,
likelihood;
credibleness†;
likeliness
etc.
adj.;
vraisemblance [Fr.],
verisimilitude,
plausibility;
color,
semblance,
show of;
presumption;
presumptive evidence,
circumstantial evidence;
credibility.
reasonable chance,
fair chance,
good chance,
favorable chance,
reasonable prospect,
fair prospect,
good prospect,
favorable prospect;
prospect,
wellgrounded hope;
chance
etc.
156.
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Dutch: gelijkheid, masker, schijn
Polish: fasada, pozór
2 semblance
An erroneous mental representation.
synonym: illusion.
Dutch: chimère, drogbeeld, fantasma, hallucinatie, hersenschim, hersenspinsel, illusie, spooksel, waandenkbeeld, waanidee, waanvoorstelling, zinsbegoocheling ... show more
3 semblance
Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing.
synonym: likeness.
Roget 17:
similarity,
resemblance,
likeness,
similitude,
semblance;
affinity,
approximation,
parallelism;
agreement
etc.
23;
analogy,
analogicalness†;
correspondence,
homoiousia†,
parity.
connaturalness†,
connaturality†;
brotherhood,
family likeness.
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun.
repetition
etc.
104;
sameness
etc.
(identity)
13;
uniformity
etc.
16;
isogamy†.
analogue;
the like;
match,
pendant,
fellow companion,
pair,
mate,
twin,
double,
counterpart,
brother,
sister;
one's second self,
alter ego,
chip of the old block,
par nobile fratrum [Lat.],
Arcades ambo†,
birds of a feather,
et hoc genus omne [Lat.];
gens de meme famille [Fr.].
parallel;
simile;
type
etc.
(metaphor)
521;
image
etc.
(representation)
554;
photograph;
close resemblance,
striking resemblance,
speaking resemblance,
faithful likeness,
faithful resemblance.
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Roget 21:
copy,
facsimile,
counterpart,
effigies,
effigy,
form,
likeness.
image,
picture,
photo,
xerox,
similitude,
semblance,
ectype†,
photo offset,
electrotype;
imitation
etc.
19;
model,
representation,
adumbration,
study;
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
resemblance.
duplicate,
reproduction;
cast,
tracing;
reflex,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
shadow,
echo.
transcript
[copy into a non-visual form],
transcription;
recording,
scan.
chip off the old block;
reprint,
new printing;
rechauffe [Fr.];
apograph†,
fair copy.
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†,
paraphrase.
[copy with some differences]
derivative,
derivation,
modification,
expansion,
extension,
revision;
second edition
etc.
(repetition)
104.
servile copy,
servile imitation;
plagiarism,
counterfeit,
fake
etc.
(deception)
545;
pasticcio†.
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