dissimilitude

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissimilitude, from Latin dissimilitūdō, from dissimilis (“unlike”). By surface analysis, dissimilar +‎ -itude or dis- +‎ similitude.

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Noun

dissimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilitudes)

1. The quality of being diverse or different; lack of resemblance.

   Synonyms: dissimilarity, nonresemblance

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “quality of being diverse”): similitude

Translations

quality of being diverse — see dissimilarity

French

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Noun

dissimilitude f (plural dissimilitudes)

1. dissimilitude

Further reading

• “dissimilitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.