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Dissimilitude

Dissimilitude \Dis`si*mil"i*tude\, n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.]

  1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

    Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images.
    --Stillingfleet.

  2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dissimilitude

early 15c., from Latin dissimilitudo, from dissimilis, from dis- "not" (see dis-) + similis "like" (see similar).

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dissimilitude

n. The quality of being diverse or different; difference or variety.

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dissimilitude

n. dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness [syn: unlikeness] [ant: likeness, likeness]

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.