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disparateness

disparateness

9.2
A big difference between things that are not similar
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈpɛrətnəs/
translation icon : disparidad
  • The disparateness of their opinions made it difficult to reach a consensus.

Examples

  • In Jane Williams's collection, The Literary Women of England (1861), she highlights the disparateness of the Floral Clock poems by Smith and Hemans, remarking, "The subject is the same, the treatment as different as it could possibly receive from two feminine minds."

    Academic text (2017)
  • It is only through the long and confused twilight of philosophic initiation that one can find one's way into interiority and achieve through self-appropriation a basis, a foundation, that is distinct from common sense and theory, that acknowledges their disparateness, that accounts for both and critically grounds them both.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The art exhibit showcased the disparateness of styles from different cultures.

  • In discussing the disparateness of the two studies, the researcher noted their fundamentally different approaches.

Synonyms

gap
vsdisparateness
365 1.7

A difference between two groups or amounts

is a full difference in kind rather than a measurable inequality
disparity
vsdisparateness
75 6.7

A large unfair difference in people's chances or treatment

focuses on pure dissimilarity rather than inequalities or fairness issues
otherness
vsdisparateness
  • Jargon
6 8.0

Being seen as different from most people or from what is usual

means absolute dissimilarity across items rather than cultural or familiar contrast
heterogeneity
vsdisparateness
5 8.4

The presence of different kinds of things or people in a group

refers to total lack of similarity between items rather than internal variety
distinctiveness
vsdisparateness
4 6.0

A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others

denotes total dissimilarity rather than a single distinguishing characteristic
dissimilarity
vsdisparateness
3 4.5

A state when two things or people are not alike

stresses a complete and absolute lack of resemblance rather than mere unlikeness
separateness
vsdisparateness
2 6.6

A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life

refers to being fundamentally different in nature rather than mere separation
apartness
vsdisparateness
1 6.7

A state of being separate from other people

means being essentially unlike in quality rather than only isolated in space
huge gulf
vsdisparateness
1 4.9

A very large difference between two people, groups, or ideas

indicates absolute dissimilarity in kind rather than merely a large separation
alterity
vsdisparateness
  • Formal
1 9.9

A state of being different from others, often in culture or identity

denotes general total dissimilarity rather than identity or cultural difference
differentness
vsdisparateness
1 6.3

The fact that two things are not the same

emphasizes an absolute state of being dissimilar rather than a general unlike quality
distinctness
vsdisparateness
1 5.6

Being clearly different from others

describes complete unlike-ness across items rather than simple clarity of separation
dissimilitude
vsdisparateness
9.9

A clear difference between two or more things

means total dissimilarity rather than simply some lack of resemblance
unsimilarity
vsdisparateness
9.0

A difference that shows two or more things are not the same

indicates an absolute opposite state rather than a simple lack of similarity
nonresemblance
vsdisparateness
7.7

A situation where things are not alike

focuses on total difference across items rather than just noting non similarity
unlikeness
vsdisparateness
7.1

Not being the same as another thing

goes further to stress complete distinctness rather than partial trait differences
disparation
vsdisparateness
9.9

A difference between people, groups, or places

focuses on being wholly different in nature rather than merely separated
contrastiveness
vsdisparateness
7.5

How different two things are when you compare them

means an overall complete difference rather than just contrasting features

Antonyms

157 2.7

A likeness between things that makes them seem related

uniformity
  • Specialized
18 4.6

The state of being the same in all parts

How Different

disparateness
9.2
distinctness
1 5.6
difference
1.0

Surface Forms

disparateness singular

Morphology

disparateness = disparate (transparent) = disparate + ness

Formed by a straightforward nounation of the adjective 'disparate' with the productive suffix '-ness', so the meaning is directly the state of being disparate.

Etymology

Disparateness comes from two simple parts: dis- meaning 'not' and par meaning 'equal', the same root you find in compare. So disparateness is the state of being 'not equal'—that is, very different from each other.