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Definition of Dissimilarity
1. Noun. The quality of being dissimilar.
Generic synonyms: Difference
Specialized synonyms: Disparateness, Distinctiveness, Heterology, Dissimilitude, Unlikeness, Nonuniformity
Derivative terms: Dissimilar, Dissimilar, Dissimilar
Antonyms: Similarity
Definition of Dissimilarity
1. n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.
Definition of Dissimilarity
1. Noun. not similar in appearance to something else ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dissimilarity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissimilarity
Literary usage of Dissimilarity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States and Cuba. by James Mursell Phillippo (1857)
"Their dissimilarity with those of Europe in the same degrees of latitude. ...
Varieties of vegetable life, and their general dissimilarity to those of ..."
2. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"The traditional criticism of " M'Fingal" as an imitation of " Hudibras " •—-Particulars
of resemblance and of dissimilarity between the two poems— ..."
3. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"SIMILARITY, OR dissimilarity OF THE DIFFERENT FACES. ... The dissimilarity in
hardness may be of some importance ; but, in general, it is not sufficiently ..."
4. The Principles of Psychology by Herbert Spencer, Frederick Howard Collins (1892)
"THE RELATIONS OF SIMILARITY AND dissimilarity. § 357. Of all relations the most
complex is that of Similarity—that in virtue of which we range together ..."
5. Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains: Under the Direction by Samuel Parker (1838)
"... Jewish customs in punishment —marriage contracts—condition of the
females—slavery—division into tribes—two points of dissimilarity—sacrifices—language. ..."
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