Definition of Resemblance
Resemblance
The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
A comparison; a simile.
Probability; verisimilitude.
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Resemblance Quotations
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce
One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear a closer resemblance to it.
Galen Rowell
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
Madame de Stael
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
Jean Cocteau
We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.
Joni Mitchell
The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.
Robert Anton Wilson
I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.
Ben Affleck
Yes and for two reasons: one, I couldn't find anything to imitate at the time, and secondly because what I heard on the radio didn't bear any resemblance to what I wanted to hear on the guitar.
Leo Kottke
Resemblance Translations
resemblance in Dutch is gelijkenis, overeenkomst
resemblance in French is ressemblance
resemblance in Spanish is parecido
resemblance in Swedish is likhet
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