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Semblance   /sˈɛmbləns/   Listen
Semblance

noun
1.
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.  Synonyms: color, colour, gloss.  "He tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction" , "The situation soon took on a different color"
2.
An erroneous mental representation.  Synonym: illusion.
3.
Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing.  Synonym: likeness.






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"Semblance" Quotes from Famous Books



... has become of Fred?" Mrs. Byram asked, preserving a semblance of calmness only after ...
— Down the Slope • James Otis

... up they quickly rear, And build a city in an hour's space. When lo, disguised in unusual gear, Two barons bold approachen gan the place; Their semblance kind, and mild their gestures were, Peace in their hands, and friendship in their face, From Egypt's king ambassadors they come, Them many a squire attends, and ...
— Jerusalem Delivered • Torquato Tasso

... Some semblance of national autonomy was maintained by the Jews under Roman dominion, and their religious ceremonials were not seriously interfered with. The established orders in the priesthood were recognized, and the official acts of the ...
— Jesus the Christ - A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy - Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern • James Edward Talmage

... weight and density. Silent, still, the world of Unaga seemed to have lost all semblance of life. White, white, eternal white, and above the heavy grey of an overburdened sky. Solitude, loneliness, desperately complete. It was the silence which well nigh drives the human brain to madness. From minutes to hours; from inches to feet. Day and night. Day and night. Snow, ...
— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum

... he admires were so different to the Vicomte's. Of course he had that extraordinary sans-gene of all those men, that absolute unselfconsciousness which is not aware there is anyone else in the room but himself and the lady he is bent upon; but instead of being discreet, and making a semblance of taking an interest in the rest of the company, as the Vicomte did, he just sprawled into a chair near her, monopolised her conversation, and stared blankly in front of him whenever she spoke to any one else. And Tom was doing almost the same by Valerie. It is undoubtedly ...
— Elizabeth Visits America • Elinor Glyn


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