similitude

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

s&-'mi-l&-"tüd, -"tyüd

[edit] Etymology

From Old French similitude.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

similitude f. (plural similitudes)

1. similitude