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noun
the degree to which a thing is disparate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
utter dissimilarity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: distinctiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dissimilarity, unsimilarity
History
Etymology tree Latin disparō Latin disparātusder. Middle French desparatbor. ▲ Latin disparātusbor. English disparate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English disparateness From disparate + -ness.
