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disparity

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Synonyms & Antonyms of disparity

the quality or state of being different

an enormous disparity in the lives of the rich and the poor in that country

Synonyms for disparity

contrast,
difference,
disagreement,
discrepancy,
disparateness,
dissimilarity,
dissimilitude,
distance,
distinction,
distinctiveness,
distinctness,
diverseness,
diversity,
otherness,
unlikeness

Words Related to disparity

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 for disparity

identicalness,
identity

accordance,
agreement,
conformity,
congruity,
correspondence,
parallelism,
similitude

equality,
equivalence,
equivalency

homogeneity,
homogeneousness,
uniformity

Antonyms for disparity

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

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