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Meaning of semblance

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  semblance
      n 1: 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" [syn: {semblance}, {gloss}, {color}, {colour}]
      2: an erroneous mental representation [syn: {illusion},
         {semblance}]
      3: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
         [syn: {likeness}, {semblance}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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