dissimilitude

American  

[dis-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood] / ˌdɪs sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

noun

1. unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.

2. a point of difference; dissimilarity.

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dissimilitude British  

/ ˌdɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. dissimilarity; difference

2. a point of difference

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Etymology

Origin of dissimilitude

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

Example Sentences

It was a singular anomaly of likeness coexisting with perfect dissimilitude.

From The Blithedale Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

It only appertains to those conversant with their relations of dissimilitude or conformity to appreciate the possibility of realizing this system.

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)

Solitary resemblances of sounds are as little proof of communication between nations as the dissimilitude of a few roots furnishes evidence against the affiliation of the German from the Persian and the Greek.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

And, indeed, we find concurring in all the above-mentioned observances, Christian societies of many different nations and languages, removed from one another by a great distance of place and dissimilitude of situation.

From Evidence of Christianity by Paley, William

In the countenances of the three castaways thus introduced, I have admitted a dissimilitude something more than casual; something more, even, than what might be termed provincial.

From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne