Dissimilarity

  • 1dissimilarity — dissimilarity, unlikeness, difference, divergence, divergency, distinction are comparable when they mean lack of agreement or correspondence (or an instance of such lack) in appearance, in qualities, or in nature brought out by a comparison of… …

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  • 2Dissimilarity — Dis*sim i*lar i*ty, n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3dissimilarity — index contradistinction, contraposition, deviation, difference, discord, discrepancy, distortion, diversity …

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  • 4dissimilarity — [n] unlikeness alterity, contrast, difference, discord, discordance, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversity, heterogeneity, incomparability, incongruity,… …

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  • 5dissimilarity — [dis΄sim΄ə lar′ə tē, dis′sim′ə lar′ə tē] n. 1. absence of similarity; unlikeness; difference 2. pl. dissimilarities an instance or point of difference or unlikeness …

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  • 6Dissimilarity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dissimilarity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dissimilarity dissimilarity dissimilaritude Sgm: N 1 unlikeness unlikeness diversity disparity dissemblance Sgm: N 1 divergence divergence variation GRP: N 2 …

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  • 7dissimilarity — n. a dissimilarity between * * * [dɪˌsɪmɪ lærɪtɪ] a dissimilarity between …

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  • 8dissimilarity — UK [dɪˌsɪmɪˈlærətɪ] / US [dɪˌsɪmɪˈlerətɪ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms dissimilarity : singular dissimilarity plural dissimilarities the way in which two people or things are different from each other …

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  • 9dissimilarity — noun the enzymes structural dissimilarity Syn: difference(s), variance, diversity, heterogeneity, disparateness, disparity, distinctness, contrast, nonuniformity, divergence …

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  • 10dissimilarity — dissimilar ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not similar; different. DERIVATIVES dissimilarity noun dissimilarly adverb …

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