First Known Use: 14th century
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similitude
noun si·mil·i·tude \sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\
Definition of SIMILITUDE
1
a : counterpart, double b : a visible likeness : image
2
: an imaginative comparison : simile
3
a : correspondence in kind or quality b : a point of comparison
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Origin of SIMILITUDE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, allegory, analogy, from Latin similitudo resemblance, from similis
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Synonym Discussion of 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>.
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