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- DictionarySem·blance/ˈsembləns/
noun
- 1. the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different: "she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order"
5 hours ago · Importantly, inquiries about the origins of racial justice and attempts to define specific indicators have devolved into two distinct camps, where the desire for peace (e.g., color-blindness) among different racial groups is juxtaposed against a bold examination of how systemic and institutional racism continues to support the oppression and ...
5 hours ago · Lament, as the Oxford Dictionary describes, is "a passionate expression of grief or sorrow." A few words listed as similar are wail, wailing, lamentation, moan, groan, cry, weep, mourn, sorrow. As I write this, my eyes burn, and as often is the case, I try to restrain the tears.
5 hours ago · Straddling him, his face lost all semblance of exhaustion, replaced only with enthusiasm. “Then show me.” It was difficult for them both to retain coherent thoughts when joined at the lips, control over their actions becoming possessed by their baser instincts.
5 hours ago · This semblance of intelligence quickly falls apart when you start prodding the LLMs and they start “making mistakes” that no person would make. A person can easily check if a phrase contains all the letters in the alphabet, even if it’s a phrase they’ve never seen before. Hell, even if the phrase is in a language they don’t know.
5 hours ago · It bore also the semblance of lofty ships, turreted and spired churches, and magnificent buildings. At nine, we ran close to an impenetrable barrier of close-packed ice, composed of massive hummocks, thrown up by some pressure or force, and resembling fragments of rock. Thermometer 14°. May 6.
5 hours ago · This meant that the pinnacle of the sangha lost any semblance of moral independence and became broadly viewed as a part of the political machinery of the new regime. The institutionalised sangha’s autonomy to put a moral brake on secular power wielders was thus kept firmly in check.
5 hours ago · In Buddhist theories of history, the period after the death of the Buddha (often said to last five hundred years) is called the time of the true dharma. This period of saddharma is followed, according to some theories, by a period of a “semblance” of the true dharma (SADDHARMAPRATIRŪPAKA) and a period of “decline” (SADDHARMAVIPRALOPA).
