Definitions for likening
liken·ing

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1. likeningnoun

   the act of comparing similarities

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1. likening

   Likening refers to the process of comparing or drawing similarities between two or more things, individuals, situations, or concepts. It involves identifying characteristics or aspects that are common or similar, often to explain or understand something more clearly.

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1. Likening

   of Liken

Matched Categories

1. • Comparison

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How to pronounce likening?

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How to say likening in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of likening in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of likening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of likening in a Sentence

1. Homer:

   The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men.

2. Tommy Curry:

   Black men are always perceived as being taller, more aggressive, or violent, more prone to conflict, more athletic than they actually are, and it's those social perceptions that have been linked to forms of dehumanization -- likening them to apes, sorts of primal beasts and animals -- that fit into how we think of Black men, both as athletes and as kind of super predators, as superhuman.

3. Tom Elliott:

   Chuck Todd has to resort to these kinds of journalistic sleights of hand to get his own views across, he doesnt have to personally express any opinions, he can just approvingly quote other people likening Sanders supporters to Nazis, or Trump fans to Bible-thumping rubes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=likening
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likening
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=likening