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disformity

disformity noun: dissimilarity; nonresemblance; something that is not uniform.

Noun

disformity (countable and uncountable, plural disformities)

  1. dissimilarity; nonresemblance; something that is not uniform.
    • uniformity or diformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies1705, Samuel Clarke, Natural Religion and the Truth and Certainty of the Christian Revelation (sermon)
    • the only task of sociology, for it is as certain as anything in social life that disformities are as frequent, and perhaps as important, as the uniformities, and it is the task of sociology to be able to account for these1973, Joseph Hayim Abraham, The Origins and Growth of Sociology
  2. deformity

Forms of disformity

pluraldisformities

Origin of disformity

Compare deformity.

Questions about disformity

What does disformity mean?
Disformity means dissimilarity; nonresemblance; something that is not uniform.
What part of speech is disformity?
Disformity is a noun.
What is the plural of disformity?
The plural of disformity is disformities.

Words near disformity in the dictionary

  1. disformal
  2. disformally
  3. disformed
  4. disforming
  5. disformities
  6. disformity
  7. disforms
  8. disfranchise
  9. disfranchised
  10. disfranchisement
  11. disfranchisements

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