noun
1. the quality of being similar (Freq. 9)
• Ant: ↑dissimilarity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑similar
• Hypernyms: ↑sameness
• Hyponyms:
↑approximation, ↑homogeny, ↑homology, ↑homomorphism, ↑homomorphy, ↑isomorphism, ↑isomorphy, ↑likeness, ↑alikeness, ↑similitude, ↑parallelism, ↑correspondence, ↑uniformity, ↑uniformness, ↑approach, ↑sort, ↑analogue, ↑analog, ↑parallel
• Attrubites: ↑similar, ↑dissimilar
2. 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
• Syn: ↑law of similarity
• Hypernyms: ↑Gestalt law of organization, ↑Gestalt principle of organization
Useful english dictionary. 2012.