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personification collapse: the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.; representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature; a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism"

mimicry collapse: the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators

incarnation collapse: (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ; time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

resemblance collapse: similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

parity collapse: functional equality; (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system; (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"; (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"

sameness collapse: the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together"

comparison collapse: examining resemblances or differences; qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"; relation based on similarities and differences

playing collapse: the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation; the act of playing a musical instrument

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

simulation collapse: the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training); (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

portrayal collapse: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture; a word picture of a person's appearance and character

analogy collapse: drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"; an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

nearness collapse: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

slapstick collapse: acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone; a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes; characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor"

identity collapse: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"; exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests"; the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover"; an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

stunt collapse: a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention; a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth; perform a stunt or stunts; check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"

approximation collapse: the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue; the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity); an imprecise or incomplete account; "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events"

metaphor collapse: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

ham collapse: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked); an unskilled actor who overacts; a licensed amateur radio operator; (Old Testament) son of Noah

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