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Meaning of "dissimilarity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DISSIMILARITY

ˌdɪsɪmɪˈlærɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISSIMILARITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dissimilarity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISSIMILARITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dissimilarity in the English dictionary

The definition of dissimilarity in the dictionary is difference; unlikeness. Other definition of dissimilarity is a point or instance of difference.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISSIMILARITY

angularity · bipolarity · capillarity · cellularity · circularity · granularity · hilarity · insularity · irregularity · jocularity · modularity · molarity · muscularity · particularity · polarity · popularity · regularity · secularity · singularity · vascularity

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISSIMILARITY

dissidence · dissident · dissidently · dissight · dissilience · dissilient · dissimilar · dissimilarities · dissimilarly · dissimilate · dissimilation · dissimilative · dissimilatory · dissimile · dissimilitude · dissimulate · dissimulation · dissimulative · dissimulator · dissipable

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISSIMILARITY

authority · charity · clarity · collinearity · complementarity · disparity · familiarity · interdisciplinarity · linearity · multicollinearity · nonlinearity · osmolarity · parity · peculiarity · planarity · rarity · registered charity · similarity · solidarity · unfamiliarity · vulgarity

Synonyms and antonyms of dissimilarity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISSIMILARITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dissimilarity» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «dissimilarity» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DISSIMILARITY

Find out the translation of dissimilarity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dissimilarity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dissimilarity» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

相异
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

disimilitud
570 millions of speakers
en

English

dissimilarity
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

विषमता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاختلاف
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

несходство
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

dissimilaridade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অনৈক্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

dissemblance
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ketidaksetaraan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Unähnlichkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

相違
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

유사성
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dissimilarity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không giống nhau
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வடிவொப்பின்மை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

असमानता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

farklılık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

dissomiglianza
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

odmienność
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

неподібність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

neasemănare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανομοιότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

andersheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olikhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulikhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dissimilarity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSIMILARITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of dissimilarity
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «dissimilarity».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dissimilarity

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISSIMILARITY»

Discover the use of dissimilarity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dissimilarity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Dissimilarity Representation for Pattern Recognition: ...
This book provides a fundamentally new approach to pattern recognition in which objects are characterized by relations to other objects instead of by using features or models.
Elżbieta Pękalska, Robert P. W. Duin, 2005
2
Bowstring: On the Dissimilarity of the Similar (Russian ...
Dalkey Archive Press’s favorite writer of them all. “Myths do not flow through the pipes of history,” writes Viktor Shklovsky, “they change and splinter, they contrast and refute one another.
Viktor Shklovsky, 2011
3
Bowstring: On the Dissimilarity of the Similar
Bowstring is a brilliant and provocative book that spares no one in its unapologetic project to free art from conventionality.
Viktor Shklovsky, 2011
4
Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists
One characteristic of dissimilarities is whether they meet the criterion of being metric. A dissimilarity coefficient is metric if the dissimilarity between objects 1 and 2 is less than the sum of the dissimilarities between objects 1 and 3 and 2 and 3.
Gerald Peter Quinn, Michael J. Keough, 2002
5
Interpersonal Similarity, Dissimilarity Bonds: An ...
This thesis concerns the emergence of power and prestige orders among interactants in collectively-oriented task situations.
John Martin Wattendorf, 1979
6
Chaucer and Dissimilarity: Literary Comparisons in Chaucer ...
"This book claims that a specifically rhetorical basis can be found for Chaucer's creativity, and for the openness of his work to multiple readings.
John J. McGavin, 2000
7
Authenticating the Words of Jesus
DOUBTS ABOUT DOUBLE DISSIMILARITY Restructuring the main criterion of Jesus-of-history research Tom Holmen The present article seeks to reevaluate the theoretical groundwork of the criterion of dissimilarity, especially the contention ...
Bruce D. Chilton, Craig A. Evans, 2002
8
Classification and dissimilarity analysis
Lecture Notes in Statistics provides a format for the informal publication of monographs, conference proceedings, case studies, and similar material of theoretical or empirical importance.
Bernard van Cutsem, 1994
9
Effects of Social Category and Value Dissimilarity in Teams: ...
This dissertation draws from social identity theory and self-categorization theory to examine the relationship between team members' social category dissimilarity in their team in terms of nation and race/ethnic origin and their ...
Danielle L. Cooper, 2007
10
CITY ECONOMICS
So the index of dissimilarity ranges between zero and one, with larger values indicating greater segregation. The index of dissimilarity compares two groups. The other measure is called the index of isolation. This index equals the proportion of ...
Brendan O'Flaherty, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISSIMILARITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dissimilarity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Segregation persists in Memphis-area neighborhoods, experts say …
... Population Study Center recently ranked Memphis 30th among large metro areas according to its racial “dissimilarity index,” a measure of the ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»
2
Welcome to Vacation Bible School — Summer, 2015
The criterion of dissimilarity: Do you have a favorite saying of Jesus that embarrassed his followers, if so, what is it and why do you find it ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
3
Some British schools 'more racially segregated than St Louis' of …
The dissimilarity index, as the score is known, is calculated by taking the ethnic composition of an area and seeing how far the ethnic mix of the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Schools in wider racial split than St Louis
The score, known as the dissimilarity index, is calculated by taking the ethnic composition of an area and seeing how far the schools' ethnic mix ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
5
Nike loses shoe trademark battle
The "dissimilarity in the words of the two competing marks outweighs the visual similarity in the layout", Ms Lee added. Southern Rubber Works ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
6
Sons of Confederate Veterans denounce planned KKK rally
Our ancestors' battle flag makes no dissimilarity to race, creed or religious affiliation. We go up against hate groups even more so than those ... «Manning Live, Jul 15»
7
Physicians with Passion: Neurologist and Photographer Walter Nieves
... American by John Maeda entitled “Artists and Scientists: More Alike than Different,” which suggests there is little dissimilarity between the 2. «MD Magazine, Jul 15»
8
On His First Day on the Job, Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton …
The other dissimilarity is that Cornell, of course, offers formal degrees to undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The Smithsonian ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
9
Confederate flag debate continues, protests expected in the Upstate
... heritage of the Confederate soldier both black and white, our ancestors battle flag makes no dissimilarity to race, creed or religious affiliation.". «KPHO Phoenix, Jul 15»
10
Interdependence Day: A Proposal Revisited
It is not familiarity but dissimilarity that breeds and speaks contempt. Indeed, we have Supreme Court justices who write disparaging statements ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dissimilarity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dissimilarity>. Apr 2024 ».
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