dissimilitude
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
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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.