dissimilitude
English
Etymology
From Middle English dissimilitude, from Latin dissimilitūdō, from dissimilis (“unlike”). By surface analysis, dissimilar + -itude or dis- + similitude.
Pronunciation
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Noun
dissimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilitudes)
- The quality of being dissimilar or different; lack of resemblance.
- Synonyms: dissimilarity, nonresemblance
- Antonyms: similitude, similarity; likeness; sameness
Translations
quality of being diverse — see dissimilarity
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
dissimilitude f (plural dissimilitudes)
Further reading
- “dissimilitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.