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Dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
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dissimilitude
Word definitions for dissimilitude in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Latin dissimilitudo , from dissimilis , from dis- "not" (see dis- ) + similis "like" (see similar ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being diverse or different; difference or variety.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness [syn: unlikeness ] [ant: likeness , likeness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dissimilitude \Dis`si*mil"i*tude\, n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.] Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. --Stillingfleet. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
Usage examples of dissimilitude.
The only Difficulty is, why the other Dissimilitudes do not weaken the Argument.
And consequence breeds consequence, dragging outsiders in and thrusting insiders out, will we or nil we, making new concatenations out of old dissimilitudes.