The undeniable parallelism between US and British imperialist ambitions suggests that London should seriously consider the proposition of becoming an American state.
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Parallelism
Synonyms for "parallelism" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
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likenesslikeningmatchingmetaphormimickingmultilateral symmetrynearnessonenessopposingoppositionoverlapparparallelparitypeacepoisepolarityproportionproportionalityrapportregularityrelationresemblancesamenessself-consistencysemblanceshapelinesssimilaritysimilesimilitudesimulationsimultaneitysymmetricalnesssymmetrysyncsynchronismtallytimingtogethernesstrilateral symmetrytrope of comparisonuniformityunionunisonunisonanceweighingwithness
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6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
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37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
Translations
39 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- прилика noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- съответствие noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- успоредност noun (state or condition of being parallel)
Catalan
4 entries- paral·lelisme noun (state or condition of being parallel)
- paral·lelisme noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- paral·lelisme noun (grammar)
- paral·lelisme noun (philosophy)
Czech
1 entries- rovnoběžnost noun (parallel position)
Finnish
4 entries- kerto noun (grammar)
- parallelismi noun (grammar)
- parallelismi noun (philosophy)
- rinnakkaisuus noun (the use of parallel methods in computing)
French
1 entries- parallélisme noun (state or condition of being parallel)
Greek
4 entries- αντιστοιχία noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- παραλληλία noun (state or condition of being parallel)
- παραλληλισμός noun (state or condition of being parallel)
- παραλληλισμός noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
Hungarian
3 entries- hasonlóság noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- párhuzam noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- párhuzamosság noun (state or condition of being parallel)
Irish
1 entries- comhthreomhaireacht noun (state or condition of being parallel)
Portuguese
4 entries- paralelismo noun (state or condition of being parallel)
- paralelismo noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- paralelismo noun (grammar)
- paralelismo noun (the use of parallel methods in computing)
Romanian
4 entries- paralelism noun (state or condition of being parallel)
- paralelism noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
- paralelism noun (philosophy)
- paralelitate noun (state or condition of being parallel)
Spanish
1 entries- paralelismo noun (state or condition of being parallel)
Tagalog
2 entries- kaagapayan noun (state or condition of being parallel)
- kaagapayan noun (agreement, similarity, resemblance)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Plutarch (c. AD 46-120), in his Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, traced a parallelism between the most eminent men of the two countries.
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