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 Meaning of DISSIMILARITY
| Pronunciation: |  | di`simu'laritee 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  the quality of being dissimilar |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | unsimilarity |  |  |  |  | Antonyms: |  | similarity |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | difference, disparateness, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, nonuniformity, unlikeness |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as,
the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. --Sir W. Jones.
 |  |  |  |  Thesaurus Terms |  |  |  |  | Related Terms: |  | contrariety, contrast, departure, deviation, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discord, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, disparity, dissemblance, dissent, dissimilitude, dissonance, distance, distinction, distinctness, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversity, far cry, heterogeneity, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, irreconcilability, margin, mixture, nonconformity, odds, offset, opposition, otherness, separateness, severance, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, variance, variation, variegation, variety |  |  |  |     |    |  |