simulism

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noun

A tendency to be similar; resemblance.

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Meanings

nounsimulism (uncountable)
  1. formalrareuncountableA tendency to be similar; resemblance.

    The arrangement of leaves in E. cæspitosum and E. Ripleyi is quite different, but since both species are depressed dwarfs with much-condensed habits, the divergence in this character is almost concealed under a marked habital simulism.

    1946, Leaflets of Western Botany, volumes 4-5, page 6
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