dissimilarity
Americannoun
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dissimilarities
plural
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unlikeness; difference.
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a point of difference.
There are dissimilarities in our outlooks.
noun
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difference; unlikeness
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a point or instance of difference
Synonym Usage
See difference.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dissimilarity
First recorded in 1695–1705; dis- 1 + similarity
Example Sentences
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But the complete tonal dissimilarity between the laugh-track side of Allison's world and the half that's entirely a grim working-class drama was never this show's problem.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2021
Opponents of the Hogan plan agree that the dissimilarity with Virginia is real, although they view it from the opposite perspective.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2021
Ever since Chubbs Peterson convinced Happy Gilmore to trade his Bruins sweater for a sweater vest, golf and hockey have been irrevocably intertwined—an odd couple united by apparatus, cultural dissimilarity, and the comedy therein.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 5, 2019
But for all the surface dissimilarity of their deeds, the two men are ultimately guilty of the same transgression.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2019
On reflection, Cahokia’s dissimilarity to other cities is not surprising; having never seen a city, its citizens had to invent every aspect of urban life for themselves.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
But the more Arteaga and his colleagues looked at the snake on his book cover—a “cloud forest morph”—the more they found dissimilarities.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2024
Organisms belonging to a similar biome have dissimilarities in their makeup.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
But some Central American immigrants who now make their homes in Southern California believe that, for all their dissimilarities, Ortega and Bukele are mirror images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
I did find that to be true, everywhere I went… it’s a cliché, but our commonality is way stronger than our dissimilarities.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2018
Yet despite these great dissimilarities the stories of the encounter run in broad parallel.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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