dissimilar

dissimilar
adjective Date: 1599 unlike <
people with dissimilar backgrounds
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dissimilarity noundissimilarly 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

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