disparityn.
/dɪˈsparɪti/ 1.
a. The quality or state of being of unequal rank, condition, circumstances, etc.; inequality or dissimilarity in respect of age, amount, number, or quality; want of parity or equality.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun]
unevenness1398
disparagec1430
inequality1531
unequality?1541
odds1542
unequalness?1548
unegalness1561
imparity1563
disparity1597
disequality1602
disparison1609
inadequation1631
inequivalence1879
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlvii. 95 Betweene Elihu and the rest of Iobs familiars the greatest disparitie was but in yeares.
1611 C. Hampton Serm. Glasco 23 I am bound to obey both powers, but with disparitie.
1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 21 A wife..fit for him without disparity or Disparagement.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 55 Disparity in Age, seems a greater Obstacle to an intimate Friendship than inequality of Fortune.
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 100 The disparity of education and fortune.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 289 Willing and desirous of fighting upon the spot, without regard to the disparity of numbers.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 20 No disparity of force made Englishmen shrink from enemies.
b. with plural. An instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun] > an inequality
disparitya1682
gap1930
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 31 There may be no such vast Chasm or Gulph between disparities as common Measures determine.
1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xix. 163 This keen sense of the ludicrous and the salient disparities of life.
2. The quality of being unlike or different; unlikeness, dissimilarity, difference, incongruity. Also with plural. An instance or particular form of this.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun]
diversitya1340
difference1340
variancec1374
distancea1382
unlikenessa1387
variationc1405
discrepation?a1425
distinction1435
severaltyc1449
unlikelinessc1450
dissemblance1463
unlikelihood1483
alteritya1500
indifferencec1503
discrepancea1522
dissimilitude1532
differency1542
variety1552
discernment1570
disparitya1575
discrepancy1579
otherness1587
discernance1592
imparity1608
disanalogy1610
disresemblance1622
dislikeness1623
diff1624
inconformity1625
irresemblance1628
variousness1628
odds1642
disparation1654
aliety1656
disparility1656
disparateness1659
severality1664
nonconformity1672
unconformableness1712
dissimilarity1715
differentness1727
differ1787
allogeneitya1834
otherwiseness1890
otherliness1937
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a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 75 There is a great disparity and odds between them.
1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 993 Who could more eloquently..note the disparities and differences [of men than Plutarch]?
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 276 In which computes there are manifest disparities . View more context for this quotation
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xv. 77 You may see what a disparity there is between these dialects.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 214 There is not the least disparity between the ancient North-American method of manufacturing, and that of the South Americans.
1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xxxiv. 250 We find a striking disparity between individuals..descended from a common stock.
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