Similarity

n.

1.

The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. - Sir W. Hamilton.

Noun	1.	similarity - the quality of being similar Antonyms: dissimilarity, unsimilarity - the quality of being dissimilar
	2.	similarity - a Getalt 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 Synonyms: law of similarity

accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alikeness, alliance, analogousness, approximation, assemblage, association, balance, bond, closeness, coincidence, collation, combination, commensurability, comparability, comparableness, comparativeness, comparison, connectedness, connection, contiguity, contrariety, correlation, dealings, deduction, disjunction, equivalence, filiation, homology, intercourse, interrelation, intimacy, junction, liaison, link, linkage, linking, mutual attraction, nearness, parallel, propinquity, proportion, proportionability, proximity, rapport, ratio, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, resemblance, semblance, simile, similitude, sympathy, synonymity, tie, tie-in, union

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