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likeness

lahyk nuhs

  • n  similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
    man created God in his own likeness
  • n  picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
  • v  consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

  • To superimpose Obama's likeness over such a character is a truly despicable tactic designed to remind white people of his foreign heritage and to reinforce the notion that he is .
  • Established in 2001, the label had offered luxurious clothing styled for a hypothetical heiress with a likeness to French actress Brigitte Bardot.
  • After eleven years of wrangling, a trial judge decided in favor of the Lugosis, giving them $70,000 and barring Universal from merchandising Lugosi's likeness.
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  • Al Pacino in Forbes
    I feel like one's likeness and image should be protected in some way and not abused or denigrated for the sake of profit,Pacino wrote to legislators after the estate of Lee Strasberg started talking to him.
  • Jackie Mason in Washington Post
    The pamphlet uses my name, my likeness, my `shtick' (if you will), and my very act, which is derived from my personality, to attract attention and converts,Mason said in an affidavit.

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