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adjective
Date: 1599
unlike <people with dissimilar backgrounds> • dissimilarity noun • dissimilarly adverb
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Dissimilar — Dis*sim i*lar, a. [Pref. dis + similar: cf. F. dissimilaire.] Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features. [1913 Webster] This part very dissimilar to any other. Boyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dissimilar — I adjective aberrant, asymmetrical, atypical, clashing, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, deviating, different, differing, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, dispar, disparate, dissimilis, divergent, divers, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous … Law dictionary
Dissimilär — (v. lat.), unähnlich, ungleichartig … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Dissimilär — (lat.), unähnlich, ungleichartig; Dissimilarität, Unähnlichkeit … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Dissimilär — Dissimilär, lat. deutsch, unähnlich; Dissimilarität, Unähnlichkeit … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
dissimilar — 1620s, from DIS (Cf. dis ) + SIMILAR (Cf. similar); perhaps on analogy of Fr. dissimilaire. Related: Dissimilarity … Etymology dictionary
dissimilar — adj. 2 g. 1. Que é de diferente gênero ou espécie; heterogêneo. • v. tr. 2. Fazer a dissimilação de … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
dissimilar — [adj] not alike; not capable of comparison antithetical, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, far cry*, heterogeneous, individual, like night and day*, march to a different drummer*, mismatched,… … New thesaurus
dissimilar — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not similar; different. DERIVATIVES dissimilarity noun dissimilarly adverb … English terms dictionary
dissimilar — [dis sim′ə lər, dis′sim′ə lər] adj. not similar or alike; different SYN. DIFFERENT dissimilarly adv … English World dictionary
dissimilar — [[t]dɪ̱sɪ̱mɪlə(r)[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If one thing is dissimilar to another, or if two things are dissimilar, they are very different from each other. His methods were not dissimilar to those used by Freud... It would be difficult to… … English dictionary
