From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Similarity \Sim'i*lar"i*ty\, noun; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit['e].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the quality of being similar [ant: {dissimilarity}]
2: a Getalt 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 [syn: {law of similarity}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "similarity": accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alikeness, alliance, analogousness, analogy, approximation, assemblage, association, balance, bond, closeness, coincidence, collation, combination, commensurability, comparability, comparableness, comparativeness, comparison, connectedness, connection, contiguity, contrariety, correlation, dealings, deduction, disjunction, equivalence, filiation, homology, intercourse, interrelation, intimacy, junction, liaison, link, linkage, linking, mutual attraction, nearness, parallel, propinquity, proportion, proportionability, proximity, rapport, ratio, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, resemblance, semblance, simile, similitude, sympathy, synonymity, tie, tie-in, union
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