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• n  similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
• n  a duplicate copy

• Last week Science stripped the thought of its poesy by proclaiming that the similitude has a chemical basis.
• Their guiding light: "That our daughters may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace" (Psalms 144:12).
• Sometimes the images on the screen and the scenes onstage are split and scattered in a maze of mirrors till illusion and reality dissolve in shimmering similitude.

• likeness
• alikeness
• counterpart
• twin

• unlikeness
• dissimilitude