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Dissimilarity
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.
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Broader term 1
The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…
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Narrower term 4
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
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State of being distinctive.
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The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements,…
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The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.
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Derivationally related 2
Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
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Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
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Antonym 2
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
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The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
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