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dissimilarity|dɪsɪmɪˈlærɪtɪ|
[f. prec. after similarity: cf. F. dissimilarité.]
Dissimilar quality or nature; unlikeness, difference; also, an instance of this, a point of difference.
1705Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. i. xxiv. (1715) 49 The acquired principle of dissimilarity must repel these Beings..from their centre. 1806Syd. Smith Elem. Sk. Mor. Philos. (1850) 382 From their great dissimilarity with those which preceded them. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. I. 97 Difference of habits and employments is..sufficient to create as great a dissimilarity as exists between the Bramin and the Súdra. 1850F. Fysh in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxxxi. 6 Their dissimilarity to the Egyptians appears at the first view. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 296 It is vain to talk about difference of subject..as furnishing any explanation of these dissimilarities. |