English noun: similarity |
1. | similarity (attribute) the quality of being similar |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sameness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alikeness, analog, analogue, approach, approximation, correspondence, homogeny, homology, homomorphism, homomorphy, isomorphism, isomorphy, likeness, parallel, parallelism, similitude, sort, uniformity, uniformness |
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| Attribute | dissimilar, similar |
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| Antonyms | dissimilarity, unsimilarity |
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2. | similarity (cognition) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit |
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| Synonyms | law of similarity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization |
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