dissimilitude
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English dissimilitude, from Latin dissimilitūdō, from dissimilis (“unlike”). By surface analysis, dissimilar + -itude.
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Noun[edit]
dissimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilitudes)
- The quality of being diverse or different; lack of resemblance.
- Synonyms: dissimilarity, nonresemblance
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “quality of being diverse”): similitude
Translations[edit]
quality of being diverse — see dissimilarity
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
dissimilitude f (plural dissimilitudes)
Further reading[edit]
- “dissimilitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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