Associations to the word «Semblance»

Wiktionary

SEMBLANCE, noun. Likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
SEMBLANCE, noun. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

Dictionary definition

SEMBLANCE, noun. An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color".
SEMBLANCE, noun. An erroneous mental representation.
SEMBLANCE, noun. Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky