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

Rhymes with DISSIMILITUDE

inexactitude