dissimilitude

dis·si·mil·i·tude

noun \ˌdi(s)-sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\

Definition of DISSIMILITUDE

: lack of resemblance

Examples of DISSIMILITUDE

1. <there's a real dissimilitude between literature and film, and a critic shouldn't evaluate one in terms of the other>

Origin of DISSIMILITUDE

Middle English, from Latin dissimilitudo, from dissimilis unlike, from dis- + similis like — more at same

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to DISSIMILITUDE

Synonyms: contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, difference, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikeness

Antonyms: alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity

Related Words: deviance, divergence; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; change, modification, variation; conflict, discord, discordance, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, disunity, friction, strife; variability, variance; anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence

Near Antonyms: identicalness, identity; accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude; equality, equivalence, equivalency; homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformity

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Rhymes with DISSIMILITUDE

inexactitude