Meanings
nounapparency (countable and uncountable, plural apparencies)
plural apparencies · alternative apparence
- countableuncountableThe quality of being apparent; apparentness.
the non-apparency of either or both being accounted for by the disproportion of our senses
1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend - countableobsoleteuncountableAppearance.
- countableuncountableThe position of being heir apparent.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinappārentia
- Middle Englishapparancie
- Englishapparency
From Middle English apparancie, from Latin appārentia. Doublet of apparence and appearance.
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apparency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apparency
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“apparency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apparency. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apparency,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apparency.
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