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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats