dissimilarity

American  

[dih-sim-uh-lar-i-tee, dis-sim-] / dɪˌsɪm əˈlær ɪ ti, dɪsˌsɪm- /

noun

plural

dissimilarities

1. unlikeness; difference.

2. a point of difference.

   There are dissimilarities in our outlooks.

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Related Words

See difference.

Etymology

Origin of dissimilarity

First recorded in 1695–1705; dis- ¹ + similarity

Example Sentences

The dissimilarity of impacts from each type can be significant.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021

Ever since Chubbs Peterson convinced Happy Gilmore to trade his Bruins sweater for a sweater vest, golf and hockey have been irrevocably intertwined—an odd couple united by apparatus, cultural dissimilarity, and the comedy therein.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 5, 2019

But for all the surface dissimilarity of their deeds, the two men are ultimately guilty of the same transgression.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2019

For all their dissimilarity, Lévy and Carpenter share an unstated conviction that runs through most American debates about foreign policy: that all good things should come together.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2019

To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald