similitude

English

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Pronunciation

s&-'mi-l&-"tüd, -"tyüd

Etymology

From Old French similitude.

Noun

similitude (countable and uncountable; plural similitudes)

1. (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

     Renaissance man thought in terms of similitudes: the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […]
     Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.

2. (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

     Renaissance man thought in terms of 'similitudes': the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […]
     Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.

3. (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
4. A parable or allegory.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XIII:

     And he spake many thynges to them in similitudes, sayinge: Beholde, the sower wentt forth to sowe, And as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side [...].

Translations

similarity or resemblance to something else

Spanish: similitud (es) f.

someone or something that closely resembles another

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French: similitude (fr) f.

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French

Etymology

From Latin similitūdinem, accusative singular of similitūdō (“likeness, similitude”); from similis.

Noun

similitude f. (plural similitudes)

1. similitude