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disparity

[ dih-spar-i-tee ]

noun

, plural dis·par·i·ties.
  1. lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference:

    a disparity in age; disparity in rank.



disparity

/ dɪˈspærɪtɪ /

noun

  1. inequality or difference, as in age, rank, wages, etc
  2. dissimilarity


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Other Words From

  • nondis·pari·ty noun plural nondisparities

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disparity1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Middle French desparite, from Late Latin disparitās; equivalent to dis- 1 + parity 1

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Example Sentences

Even in the medieval era this disparity made Christians uncomfortable.

One other interesting fact is the racial disparity in climate-change belief.

In a ranking of gender-based economic disparity, Turkey is 126th out of 136 countries.

In fact, income disparity has increased in San Francisco more than any other city in the country.

Even Congress passed a law reducing the disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences.

He married in 1798, at the age of forty, a young girl of eighteen, who in consequence of this disparity was unfaithful to him.

Grave also was the disparity betwixt the crews thereof, inasmuch as to the King were sixteen long-ships & to Guthorm only five.

There was another point of similarity—the great disparity of numbers.

In an instant the overwhelming disparity of the sides was apparent.

The disparity of numbers will have no influence whatever on their decision.

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