similarity

Pronunciation: /ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the quality of being similar
  2. noun 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

Etymology

From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
sameness
Narrower (hyponyms)
uniformity, homogeny, analogue, approach, approximation, sort
Opposite (antonyms)
dissimilarity

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