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DISSIMILARITY

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• DISSIMILARITY (noun)
The noun DISSIMILARITY has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being dissimilar

Familiarity information: DISSIMILARITY used as a noun is very rare.

• DISSIMILARITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quality of being dissimilar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dissimilarity; unsimilarity

Hypernyms ("dissimilarity" is a kind of...):

difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dissimilarity"):

disparateness; distinctiveness (utter dissimilarity)

heterology ((biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts)

dissimilitude; unlikeness (dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness)

nonuniformity (the quality of being diverse and interesting)

Antonym:

similarity (the quality of being similar)

"If the shoe fits, wear it."
(English proverb)
"Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation."
(Arabic proverb)
"Empty barrels make more noise."
(Danish proverb)

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