dissimilar en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /dɪˈsɪmɪlə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English similar English dissimilar From dis- + similar.
Meanings
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Not similar; unalike; different.
By Saad’s accounting – and this is not dissimilar from the white nationalist “great replacement theory” – western societies are bringing about their own destruction by admitting immigrants from poorer, browner and more Muslim countries.
2025 April 8, Julia Carrie Wong, “Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dissimilar | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dissimilar | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dissimilarly · dissimilarness · dissimilarity
Relateds
Translations (35)
br disheñvel (not similar) · ka უცხო (not similar) · ga éagsúil (not similar) · la dispār (not similar) · es disímil (not similar) · uk несхо́жий (not similar) · uk відмі́нний (not similar) · gl disimilar (not similar) · uk неподі́бний (not similar) · fr dissemblable (not similar) · da ulig (not similar) · ru несхо́дный (not similar) · ga difriúil (not similar) · ru несхо́жий (not similar) · el ανόμοιος (not similar) · bg неприличащ (not similar) · la dissimilis (not similar) · ru отли́чный (not similar) · be адро́зны (not similar) · fi erilainen (not similar) · fr différent (not similar) · nl ongelijk (not similar) · de ungleich (not similar) · sl nepodoben (not similar) · grc ἀνόμοιος (not similar) · ru непохо́жий (not similar) · sv olik (not similar) · bg различен (not similar) · be непадо́бны (not similar) · eo malsimila (not similar) · pt dissimilar (not similar) · es desemejante (not similar) · bg несхо́ден (not similar) · nb ulik (not similar) · ba башҡа (not similar)