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View synonyms for dissimilitude

dissimilitude

[ dis-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.
  2. a point of difference; dissimilarity.


dissimilitude

/ ˌdɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd /

noun

  1. dissimilarity; difference
  2. a point of difference


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dissimilitude1

1525–35; < Latin dissimilitūdō, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + similitūdō similitude

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Example Sentences

Thus their colours are not original, their dissimilitude being only external and superficial.

There are also several external causes of cold; the first of which is dissimilitude of minds and manners.

There are also several external causes of cold, the first of which is dissimilitude of minds and manner, n. 246.

The separate sphere of influence occupied by kites and gulls sufficiently explains the dissimilitude of their plumage.

What do you think now, noble commander, of this apt dissimilitude?'

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