semblance

Semblance is having an outward appearance that resembles something desired, even if the reality doesn't match the appearance.

(noun)

An example of semblance is when you stuff all your paperwork in a drawer.

See semblance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME < OFr < sembler, to seem, appear < L similare, to make like < similis, like: see same

See semblance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An outward or token appearance: “Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact” (Thomas Carlyle).
A representation; a copy.
The barest trace; a modicum: not a semblance of truth to the story.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from sembler, to resemble; see semblable

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