Dissimilarity
61deviance — Conspicuous dissimilarity with, or variation from, customarily acceptable behavior. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. deviance Conspicuous dissimilarity with, or variation from, custo …
62Nonuniformity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence or want of uniformity. < N PARAG:Nonuniformity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 diversity diversity irregularity unevenness Sgm: N 1 multiformity multiformity &c. 81 Sgm: N 1 unconformity unconformity &c. 83 Sgm: N 1… …
63dissimilar — [[t]dɪ̱sɪ̱mɪlə(r)[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If one thing is dissimilar to another, or if two things are dissimilar, they are very different from each other. His methods were not dissimilar to those used by Freud... It would be difficult to… …
64difference — dif•fer•ence [[t]ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns[/t]] n. v. enced, enc•ing 1) the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity 2) an instance or point of unlikeness or dissimilarity: the differences in their behavior[/ex] 3) a significant change in …
65dissimilitude — dis•si•mil•i•tude [[t]ˌdɪs sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, ˌtyud[/t]] n. 1) unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity 2) a point of difference; dissimilarity • Etymology: 1525–35; < L dissimilitūdō= dis I+similitūdō similitude …
66difference — /ˈdɪfrəns / (say difruhns) noun 1. the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity. 2. an instance or point of unlikeness or dissimilarity. 3. a significant change in or effect upon a situation. 4. a distinguishing characteristic;… …
67disparateness — noun utter dissimilarity • Syn: ↑distinctiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disparate • Hypernyms: ↑dissimilarity, ↑unsimilarity …
68distinctiveness — noun 1. a distinguishing trait • Syn: ↑peculiarity, ↑specialness, ↑specialty, ↑speciality • Derivationally related forms: ↑distinctive, ↑special (for: ↑ …
69unlikeness — noun dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness • Syn: ↑dissimilitude • Ant: ↑similitude (for: ↑dissimilitude), ↑likeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
70-ances — Discrepance Dis*crep ance (?; 277), Discrepancy Dis*crep an*cy, n.; pl. { ances}, { ancies}. [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See {Discrepant}.] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity;… …
