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dissimilarity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˌsɪmɪˈlæɹɪti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S IH2 M AH0 L AE1 R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A lack of similarity or a lack of likeness in appearance to something else.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dissimilitude, nonresemblance

Antonyms: similarity, resemblance, likeness, sameness

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being dissimilar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unsimilarity

Antonyms: similarity

Broader terms: difference

Narrower terms: disparateness, distinctiveness, heterology, unlikeness, dissimilitude, nonuniformity

History

Etymology

From dis- + similarity or dissimilar + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: malsimileco — lack of similarity in appearance to something else
  • French: dissimilitude — lack of similarity in appearance to something else
  • Irish: éagsúlacht — lack of similarity in appearance to something else
  • Portuguese: dissimilaridade — lack of similarity in appearance to something else
  • Portuguese: dessemelhança — lack of similarity in appearance to something else
  • Spanish: desemejanza — lack of similarity in appearance to something else
  • Spanish: disimilitud — lack of similarity in appearance to something else
  • Ukrainian: несхо́жість (nesxóžistʹ) — lack of similarity in appearance to something else