| similarity | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. similarity | the quality of being similar. |
| ~ sameness | the quality of being alike.; "sameness of purpose kept them together" |
| ~ approximation | the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity). |
| ~ homogeny | (biology) similarity because of common evolution. |
| ~ homology | the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function. |
| ~ homomorphism, homomorphy | similarity of form. |
| ~ isomorphism, isomorphy | (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure. |
| ~ alikeness, likeness, similitude | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things.; "man created God in his own likeness" |
| ~ parallelism, correspondence | similarity by virtue of corresponding. |
| ~ uniformness, uniformity | the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom). |
| ~ approach | a close approximation.; "the nearest approach to genius" |
| ~ sort | an approximate definition or example.; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" |
| ~ analog, analogue, parallel | something having the property of being analogous to something else. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. law of similarity, similarity | 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. |
| ~ gestalt law of organization, gestalt principle of organization | a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization. |
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