dissimilarity
Americannoun
plural
dissimilarities-
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
Related Words
See difference.
Etymology
Origin of dissimilarity
First recorded in 1695–1705; dis- 1 + similarity
Example Sentences
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The dissimilarity of impacts from each type can be significant.
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021
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
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
To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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