dissimilarity

Examples

• All

• Analysis of the biographical data on male and female spouses revealed some anticipated dissimilarities.

  Academic text (1994)

• For the MDS analysis, each survey participant was asked to judge the similarity/dissimilarity of all possible pairs of nine colleges.

  Academic text (1991)

• The only difference in students' success is dissimilarity in how they are motivated.

  Blog text (23)

• Despite such significant dissimilarities in the newspapers of the two countries, they faced many common problems.

  Academic text (1999)

• With good reason, teachers and parents often want to know what is responsible for these dissimilarities between genders.

  Academic text (2012)

• Individuals recognize their own dissimilarities and the dissimilarities of others as personal or cultural differences, not as defects or threats.

  Academic text (2005)

• On one hand, Hollywood has had consistently low dissimilarity indices, which fell from 23.8 in 1971 to 16.0 in 1991.

  Academic text (1997)

• The dissimilarity in behavior between the two species is apparent in their mating rituals.

• Researchers found a significant dissimilarity in the genetic makeup of the two populations.

• The artist highlighted the dissimilarity in the colors used to represent different emotions.

Synonyms

O

otherness

vsdissimilarity

• Jargon

6 8.0

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

expresses difference without the added sense of unfamiliarity or surprise

D

differentness

vsdissimilarity

1 6.3

The fact that two things are not the same

is the overarching state of difference rather than a focused trait

D

distinctness

vsdissimilarity

1 5.6

Being clearly different from others

means being different but not necessarily clearly or sharply separated

D

disanalogy

vsdissimilarity

• Specialized

1 9.8

A difference that shows two things are not really alike when you compare them

is the general absence of resemblance beyond analogy discussions

D

dissimilitude

vsdissimilarity

9.9

A clear difference between two or more things

is the general quality of being different rather than resembling something

U

unsimilarity

vsdissimilarity

9.0

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

focuses on the same general difference quality rather than a specific case

U

unlikeness

vsdissimilarity

7.1

Not being the same as another thing

is the broader notion of being different without specifying examples

N

nonresemblance

vsdissimilarity

7.7

A situation where things are not alike

expresses that same lack of resemblance as a general condition

N

nonidentity

vsdissimilarity

9.9

A situation where two or more things are different

describes difference more generally, not only identity mismatch

D

disparateness

vsdissimilarity

9.2

A big difference between things that are not similar

covers difference broadly and may include milder degrees of difference

C

contrastiveness

vsdissimilarity

7.5

How different two things are when you compare them

is the basic state of being different without measuring contrast strength

D

disparation

vsdissimilarity

9.9

A difference between people, groups, or places

refers to the existing state of difference rather than the action

Antonyms

S

similarity

157 2.7

A likeness between things that makes them seem related

R

resemblance

105 3.0

A likeness in how two people or things look

How Different

disparity

75 6.7

dissimilarity

3 4.5

difference

∞ 1.0

distinction

286 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology