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dissimilitude

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dis⋅si⋅mil⋅i⋅tude

  [dis-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
1. unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.
2. a point of difference; dissimilarity.
Origin:
1525–35; < L dissimilitūdō, equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + similitūdō similitude
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dis·si·mil·i·tude   (dĭs'ə-mĭl'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  Lack of resemblance; dissimilarity.

[Middle English, from Latin dissimilitūdō, from dissimilis, different : dis-, dis- + similis, like; see similar.]
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