Associations to the word «Similarity»

Wiktionary

SIMILARITY, noun. Closeness of appearance to something else.
SIMILARITY, noun. (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.

Dictionary definition

SIMILARITY, noun. The quality of being similar.
SIMILARITY, noun. 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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.