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English noun: semblance | |||
| 1. | semblance (attribute) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading | ||
| Samples | He hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity. He tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction. The situation soon took on a different color. | ||
| Synonyms | color, colour, gloss | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appearance, visual aspect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | camouflage, color of law, colour of law, disguise, face value, guise, pretence, pretense, pretext, simulacrum, verisimilitude | ||
| 2. | semblance (cognition) an erroneous mental representation | ||
| Synonyms | illusion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appearance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apparition, fantasm, irradiation, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, phantom limb, shadow | ||
| 3. | semblance (artifact) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing | ||
| Synonyms | likeness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | icon, ikon, image, picture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Identikit, Identikit picture, portrait, portrayal | ||
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