dissimilitude
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English dissimilitude, from Latin dissimilitūdō, from dissimilis (“unlike”). By surface analysis, dissimilar + -itude or dis- + similitude.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdissimilitude (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
editquality of being diverse — see dissimilarity
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editdissimilitude 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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