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dissimilitude

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dis·si·mil·i·tude  (ds-ml-td, -tyd)
n.
Lack of resemblance; dissimilarity.

[Middle English, from Latin dissimilitd, from dissimilis, different : dis-, dis- + similis, like; see similar.]

dissimilitude [ˌdɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd]
n
1. dissimilarity; difference
2. a point of difference
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Noun1.dissimilitudedissimilitude - dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
dissimilarity, unsimilarity - the quality of being dissimilar
alikeness, likeness, similitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"


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In these circumstances there is a total dissimilitude between him and a king of Great Britain, who is an hereditary monarch, possessing the crown as a patrimony descendible to his heirs forever; but there is a close analogy between him and a governor of New York, who is elected for three years, and is re-eligible without limitation or intermission.
 
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