dissimilitude

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dissimilitude - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dissimilitude \Dis`si*mil"i*tude\, n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr.
     dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.]
     1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
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              Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images.
                                                    --Stillingfleet.
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     2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
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dissimilitude - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dissimilitude
      n 1: dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness [syn:
           unlikeness, dissimilitude] [ant: alikeness,
           likeness, similitude]