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likeness

like.ness n 1: the quality or state of being like : RESEMBLANCE  2: 
   APPEARANCE, SEMBLANCE  3: COPY, PORTRAIT , AFFINITY: LIKENESS implies a 
   closer correspondence than SIMILARITY which often implies that two things 
   are merely somewhat alike; RESEMBLANCE implies similarity chiefly in 
   appearance or external qualities; SIMILITUDE applies chiefly to the 
   abstract idea of likeness; ANALOGY implies likeness or parallelism in 
   relations rather than in appearance or qualities; AFFINITY suggests a cause 
   such as kinship or experiences or influences in common accountable for the 
   similarity SYN syn SIMILARITY, RESEMBLANCE, SIMILITUDE, ANALOGY