Meanings
plural dissimilitudes
- countableuncountableThe quality of being dissimilar or different; lack of resemblance.
Synonyms: dissimilarity, nonresemblance · Antonyms: similitude, similarity, likeness, sameness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being dissimilar or different; lack of resemblance.
More synonyms by meaning
noundissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
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Origin
- Latindissimilitūdō
- Middle Englishdissimilitude
- Englishdissimilitude
From Middle English dissimilitude, from Latin dissimilitūdō, from dissimilis (“unlike”). By surface analysis, dissimilar + -itude or dis- + similitude.
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dissimilitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissimilitude
“dissimilitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissimilitude. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dissimilitude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissimilitude.
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