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- [dih-sim-uh-lar-i-tee, dis-sim-]
- /dɪˌsɪm əˈlær ɪ ti, dɪsˌsɪm-/
- /dɪsɪmɪˈlærɪtɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-sim-uh-lar-i-tee, dis-sim-]
- /dɪˌsɪm əˈlær ɪ ti, dɪsˌsɪm-/
Definitions of dissimilarity word
- noun plural dissimilarity unlikeness; difference. 1
- noun plural dissimilarity a point of difference: There are dissimilarities in our outlooks. 1
- noun dissimilarity Difference; variance. 1
- abbreviation DISSIMILARITY difference 1
- noun dissimilarity difference; unlikeness 0
- noun dissimilarity a point or instance of difference 0
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Origin of dissimilarity
First appearance:
before 1695 One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1695-1705; dis-1 + similarity
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Parts of speech for Dissimilarity
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dissimilarity popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
dissimilarity usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dissimilarity
noun dissimilarity
- discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- severance — the act of severing or the state of being severed.
Antonyms for dissimilarity
noun dissimilarity
- concurrence — Someone's concurrence is their agreement to something.
- accord — An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
- alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
- likeness — a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.
- sameness — the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
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