dissimilarity
/dɪˌsɪmɪˈlæɹɪti/
dissimilarity noun: a lack of similarity or a lack of likeness in appearance to something else.
Noun
dissimilarity (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilarities)
- A lack of similarity or a lack of likeness in appearance to something else.
- The experiment was abandoned when one fine day spontaneous combustion of the pulverised coal in the container occurred, and a black cloud of the very finely divided fuel rose into the air by the force of the explosion, and was slowly wafted by the prevailing breeze over the town, upon which it...1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Pulverised Fuel Experiment”, in Railway Magazine, page 318
- Synonyms:
- dissimilitude, nonresemblance, disparity, dissemblance, unalikeness, unlikeness
- Antonyms:
- similarity, resemblance, likeness, sameness
dissimilarity meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
dissimilarity in Tamil
- வடிவொப்பின்மை
dissimilarity in Malayalam
- diversity, differences, variance
- അസാമ്യത, വെെജാത്യം, വ്യത്യാസം, പരത്വം, അന്വയം, വിപര്യാസം
dissimilarity in Kannada
- dissimilarity, disparity
- ಗೆಂಟು geṇṭu
Synonyms of dissimilarity
Antonyms
Forms of dissimilarity
| plural | dissimilarities |
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Origin of dissimilarity
From dis- + similarity or dissimilar + -ity.
Questions about dissimilarity
- What does dissimilarity mean?
- Dissimilarity means a lack of similarity or a lack of likeness in appearance to something else.
- What is dissimilarity in Tamil?
- Dissimilarity in Tamil is வடிவொப்பின்மை. See Dissimilarity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dissimilarity?
- Dissimilarity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dissimilarity?
- Dissimilarity is pronounced /dɪˌsɪmɪˈlæɹɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dissimilarity?
- The plural of dissimilarity is dissimilarities.
Words near dissimilarity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dissimilarity (page history and authors); dissimilarity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dissimilarity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಗೆಂಟು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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