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unlikeness

unlikeness

7.1
Not being the same as another thing
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈlaɪknəs/
translation icon : diferencia
  • The unlikeness between the two proposals is clear; one focuses on technology while the other emphasizes sustainability.
  • likeness and unlikeness

What is there surprising in the view that these points of unlikeness result from different causes?

Examples

  • The unlikeness of their personalities made their friendship intriguing.

  • In this, they are mistaken because they do not notice how great a difference and unlikeness there is between ecclesiastical and civil power.

    Blog text (13)

  • Reason tried to understand this unlikeness, this difference.

  • Does it emphasize the unlikeness that is a bad consciousness?

  • What then is the point of likeness and unlikeness?

    Academic text (1990)

  • It is clear that Wright's text deepens our capacity to understand Bigger in his unlikeness.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The unlikeness that repels identification becomes the chief object of our concern (94).

    Academic text (1998)

  • But, as in the latter case, the difference or unlikeness is not to be interpreted as simply canceling out the affirmation of likeness.

    Academic text (2007)

  • So if my desire is for union with another person, if it is for union with God, I can attain my desire only if presence is presence not just in likeness but also in unlikeness.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Her unlikeness to her siblings was evident in her artistic talents.

Synonyms

dissimilarity
vsunlikeness
3 4.5

A state when two things or people are not alike

is the general quality of difference rather than pointing to a specific other
differentness
vsunlikeness
1 6.3

The fact that two things are not the same

is the conceptual term for lack of resemblance rather than a specific contrast
distinctness
vsunlikeness
1 5.6

Being clearly different from others

is about lacking resemblance in general rather than clear separation
dissimilitude
vsunlikeness
9.9

A clear difference between two or more things

is the general state of being different without naming compared items
unsimilarity
vsunlikeness
9.0

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

is a broader label for lack of resemblance in any context
nonresemblance
vsunlikeness
7.7

A situation where things are not alike

is the general condition of being different without naming how
contrastiveness
vsunlikeness
7.5

How different two things are when you compare them

is the general lack of resemblance rather than a measured degree
disparateness
vsunlikeness
9.2

A big difference between things that are not similar

is a more general difference without the sense of total separation

Antonyms

likeness
36 3.5

How much two people or things look the same

How Different

contrast
179 2.8
distinctness
1 5.6
unlikeness
7.1
difference
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

unlikeness singular
unlikenesses plural

Morphology

unlikeness = unlike (transparent) = un + like + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to 'unlike', so the meaning 'the state of being not similar' is directly deducible.

Etymology

The word unlikeness is made from un- meaning 'not' and likeness from like, which means 'similar'. So, unlikeness means 'not similar' and refers to the difference or lack of resemblance between things.