semblance

n.

1. An outward or token appearance: "Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact" (Thomas Carlyle).
2. A representation; a copy.
3. The barest trace; a modicum: not a semblance of truth to the story.

[Middle English, from Old French, from sembler, to resemble. See semblable.]

noun

1. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang put-on. See show/hide.
2. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal whisker. See big/small/amount, show/hide.

IN BRIEF: Appearance.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. — William Godwin (1756-1836), English political writer.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: outward or token appearance or form
  Synonyms: color, colour

Meaning #2: an erroneous mental representation
  Synonym: illusion

Meaning #3: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
  Synonym: likeness

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lighed, udseende, skikkelse, skin, maske

Nederlands (Dutch)
schijn, gelijkenis

Français (French)
n. - semblant, apparence

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anschein, Ähnlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ομοιότητα, εικονικότητα, όψη

Italiano (Italian)
apparenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aparência (f), imagem (f), ilusão (f)

Русский (Russian)
подобие, наружность, видимость

Español (Spanish)
n. - apariencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skepnad, sken

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
外貌, 外观, 假像, 类似, 酷似, 假装

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 外貌, 外觀, 假像, 類似, 酷似, 假裝

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 외관, 유사, 소량

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 外形, 仮象, 類似, よく似た人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شكل, مظهر خارجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מראה, רושם, חזות, מראה חיצוני דומה, דמיון‬

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