dissimilarity

dissimilarity
/di sim'euh lar"i tee, dis sim'-/, n., pl. dissimilarities.
1. unlikeness; difference.
2. a point of difference: There are dissimilarities in our outlooks.
[1695-1705; DIS-1 + SIMILARITY]
Syn. 1. See difference.

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