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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

  1. 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

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most dissimilar Degree=Sup lexicographic
more dissimilar Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

dissimilarly · dissimilarness · dissimilarity

Relateds

dissimilation · dissimilitude

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)

dissimilar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /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

  1. That which is dissimilar to, or does not resemble, something else.
    • Whether or not the primary function of a good metaphor is the appreciation of the similarity of dissimilars, the naturalist philosopher, reacting to Platonic transcendence, insists that […] 2012, Kathleen Lennon, Margaret Whitford, Knowing the Difference: Feminist Perspectives in Epistemology, page 35:

Forms

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dissimilars Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

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