dissimilitude
Americannoun
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unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.
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a point of difference; dissimilarity.
noun
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dissimilarity; difference
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a point of difference
Etymology
Origin of dissimilitude
1525–35; < Latin dissimilitūdō, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + similitūdō similitude
Example Sentences
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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
An example is a rehearsall of a 89 thynge that is done, and an applyynge of it vnto our cause, eyther for similitude or dissimilitude, profitable to perswade, garnyshe, and delyght.
From A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes by Hildebrandt, Herbert William
In another way by dissimilitude; as power is appropriated to the Father, as Augustine says, because fathers by reason of old age are sometimes feeble; lest anything of the kind be imagined of God.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
X. There are also several external causes of cold; the first of which is dissimilitude of minds and manners.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
The dissimilitude of Sumatra and Java, separated by only a narrow channel, occurs to us, as well as that of Madagascar, but narrowly divided from the neighboring continent.
From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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