Definition of Resemblances

1. Noun. (plural of resemblance) ¹

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Definition of Resemblances

1. resemblance [n] - See also: resemblance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resemblances

reselect
reselected
reselecting
reselection
reselections
reselects
resell
resellable
reseller
resellers
reselling
resells
resels
resemblable
resemblance
resemblances (current term)
resemblant
resemblaunce
resemble
resembled
resemblence
resembler
resemblers
resembles
resembling
resemblingly
reseminate
resend
resending
resends

Literary usage of Resemblances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works of Thomas Hill Green by Thomas Hill Green, Richard Lewis Nettleship (1890)
"Of course, the more completely science is reduced to a register of resemblances between phenomena, the less does the constitutive action of thought appear ..."

2. The Sociology of a New York City Block by Thomas Jesse Jones (1904)
"These practical differences and resemblances as manifested in Block X admit of relatively precise statement in brief terms. Knowledge of English. ..."

3. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"Formerly in discussions on heredity the individual was regarded in its entirety and when all hereditary resemblances and differences were averaged it was ..."

4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1871)
"It is sufficient here to remark that while, until lately, the resemblances we have been describing were regarded as accidental, ..."

5. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"What is meant is that there are general resemblances but particular differences between parents and offspring. INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CHARACTERS In ..."

6. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"Chance resemblances between Languages Not that this matters much from a ... Such accidental resemblances are instinctively seized on by the beginner as the ..."

7. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"Chance resemblances between Languages Not that this matters much from a ... Such accidental resemblances are instinctively seized on by the beginner as the ..."

8. Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1804)
"AFTER Aristotle, Porta most has observed the resemblances between the countenances of men and beasts, and has extended this enquiry the farthest. ..."

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