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Semblance

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Noun

1. color, colour, gloss, semblance

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. illusion, semblance

an erroneous mental representation

3. likeness, semblance

picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Semblance

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noun
1. 
outward appearance, esp without any inner substance or reality
2. 
a resemblance or copy

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Semblance

see synonyms of semblance
noun
1. 
outward form or appearance; aspect
2. 
seeming likeness; resemblance
3. 
a likeness, image, or representation
4. 
false, assumed, or deceiving form or appearance
5. 
mere empty show; pretense

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Semblance

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n.
1. An outward or token appearance: "Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact" (Thomas Carlyle).
2. A representation; a copy.
3. The barest trace; a modicum: not a semblance of truth to the story.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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