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similitude

noun
si·​mil·​i·​tude | \ sÉ™-ˈmi-lÉ™-ËŒtüd How to pronounce similitude (audio) , -ËŒtyüd\

Definition of similitude

1a : counterpart, double
b : a visible likeness : image
2 : an imaginative comparison : simile
3a : correspondence in kind or quality
b : a point of comparison
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Choose the Right Synonym for similitude

likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude, analogy mean agreement or correspondence in details. likeness implies a closer correspondence than similarity which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike. a remarkable likeness to his late father some similarity between the two cases resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities. statements that bear little resemblance to the truth similitude applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions. two schools of social thought showing points of similitude analogy implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities. pointed out analogies to past wars

Examples of similitude in a Sentence

the striking similitude between that modern city and the Rome of ancient times the two robberies, committed on opposite ends of the country, show some curious similitudes

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 Here are the top two innovations in iPad cases at CES 2011—standouts in a sea of similitude. — Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, "Two Seriously Innovative iPad Cases: CES 2011," 8 Jan. 2011 Here are the top two innovations in iPad cases at CES 2011—standouts in a sea of similitude. — Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, "Two Seriously Innovative iPad Cases: CES 2011," 8 Jan. 2011

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First Known Use of similitude

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for similitude

Middle English, from Anglo-French, allegory, analogy, from Latin similitudo resemblance, from similis

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