Definition of semblance

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sem·blance

ns) KEY

NOUN:

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

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from sembler, to resemble ; see semblable

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