dissimilitude

[ dis-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood ]
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noun
  1. unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.

  2. a point of difference; dissimilarity.

Origin of dissimilitude

1
1525–35; <Latin dissimilitūdō, equivalent to dis-dis-1 + similitūdōsimilitude

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British Dictionary definitions for dissimilitude

dissimilitude

/ (ˌdɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd) /


noun
  1. dissimilarity; difference

  2. a point of difference

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