seemingnessn.
/ˈsiːmɪŋnɪs/ 1. The quality or fact of seeming to be something; unreal pretence; plausibility.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming > action, fact, or quality
apparency1393
seeming1398
appearancec1430
seemingness1640
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality
colourableness1571
plausibleness1598
speciosity1608
seemingness1640
plausibility1649
speciousness1665
meretriciousness1727
meretricious1837
1640 G. Abbot Whole Bk. Iob Paraphr. vi. 43/1 I put my confidence in you, because of your former seemingnesse.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. vi. 45 Were it not for the authority of Aristotle and of his learned followers, that presseth vs on the one side; and for the seemingnesse of those reasons we haue already mentioned, which persuadeth vs on the other side.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vi. 16) There is a great deal of seemingnesse, and much counterfeit grace abroad.
1830 C. Lamb Let. 8 Mar. (1935) III. 252 In the silken seemingness of his nature there is that which offends me.
2. Semblance, seeming existence or presence.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming
semblant?c1225
coloura1325
countenance1362
appearancec1386
seemc1440
fair seeming1484
resemblant1485
seeming1576
apparition1613
semblancea1616
imposture1643
verisimile1652
seemingness1656
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 91 Under the seemingnesse or appearance of evill.
1702 Sherburne Seneca's Trag. Ep. Ded. sig. A 3v I must confess, there is not a little Seemingness of Incongruity between [etc.].
1851 G. Meredith Sleeping City in Poems 14 The seemingness of Death, not dead.
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