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Definition of Similitude
1. Noun. Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things. "Man created God in his own likeness"
Generic synonyms: Similarity
Specialized synonyms: Comparability, Compare, Comparison, Equivalence, Mirror Image, Reflection, Reflexion, Naturalness, Resemblance, Spitting Image
Attributes: Alike, Like, Similar, Dissimilar, Unalike
Derivative terms: Alike, Like, Like, Like
Antonyms: Unlikeness, Dissimilitude
2. Noun. A duplicate copy.
Definition of Similitude
1. n. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.
Definition of Similitude
1. Noun. (context: uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else. ¹
2. Noun. (context: countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude. ¹
3. Noun. (context: countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin. ¹
4. Noun. A parable or allegory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Similitude
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Medical Definition of Similitude
1. 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. "Let us make now man in our image, man In our similitude." (Milton) "If fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine." (Pope) 2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. "Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country." (Dryden) 3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. "Man should wed his similitude." (Chaucer) Origin: F. Similitude, L. Similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Similitude
Literary usage of Similitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The plaintiffs excepted to that part of the charge m regard to similitude which
had reference to the expression "similitude in material," and to that part ..."
2. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"This line is called an axis of similitude of the three circles. Since for each
pair of circles there are two centres of similitude, there will be in all six ..."
3. Projective Geometry by Linnaeus Wayland Dowling (1917)
"When two similar planes are superposed, the similitude existing between them is
called direct or inverse according as their ideal point-rows are directly or ..."
4. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS IN THE similitude OP A DREAM, THE SECOND PART COURTEOUS
Companions, some time since, to tell you my Dream that I had of Christian the ..."
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