A family resemblance is the likeness that runs through relatives. Spot the family resemblance.
It is often in movement or expression rather than in any feature you could name. Family resemblance is also a philosopher's term for things linked by overlapping similarities and no single trait.
1nounfamily resemblanceThe likeness that runs through relatives.
“The family resemblance was in the walk more than the face.”
family resemblance is a likeness.
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