superficial likeness

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• likeness — [līk′nis] n. 1. the state or quality of being like; similarity 2. (the same) form or shape; semblance [Jupiter appeared in the likeness of a swan] 3. something that is like; copy, portrait, etc. SYN. LIKENESS implies close correspondence in… …   English World dictionary

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