parallelism

[par-uh-le-liz-uhm, -luh-liz-] / ˈpær ə lɛˌlɪz əm, -ləˌlɪz- /

NOUN

likeness

Synonyms

STRONG

Xerox affinity agreement alikeness analogy appearance carbon clone comparison conformity copy correspondence counterpart delineation depiction ditto double effigy equality equivalence facsimile form guise identicalness identity image model photocopy photograph picture portrait replica representation reproduction resemblance sameness semblance similarity simile similitude study uniformity uniformness

WEAK

analogousness comparableness dead ringer lookalike

Antonyms

STRONG

difference disagreement discord dissimilarity entity inequality opposition original reality unlikeness

Example Sentences

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Historical parallelism rarely works in a simplistic manner.

From New York Times

But the machine’s real power comes not through that massive parallelism, but in problems where possible solutions can be encoded in quantum waves that slosh among the qubits.

From Science Magazine

But the stretch of urban sprawl from downtown to South Lake Union isn’t where the parallelism ends.

From Seattle Times

An ambitious student who wants to protect her stellar GPA, Zoe patiently listens as Janine first reviews a litany of minor grammatical and stylistic lapses, from a missing comma to a lack of parallelism.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s something bracingly attractive,” he declares, “about a sentence that brims with parallelism.”

From The New Yorker

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