Dissimilarity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissimilarity \Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.
     Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as,
     the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. --Sir W. Jones.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dissimilarity
       n : the quality of being dissimilar [syn: {unsimilarity}] [ant:
           {similarity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "dissimilarity":
     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