dissimilitude

dissimilitude
/dis'si mil"i toohd', -tyoohd'/, n.
1. unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.
2. a point of difference; dissimilarity.
[1525-35; < L dissimilitudo, equiv. to dis- DIS-1 + similitudo SIMILITUDE]

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