Antonyms for unlikeness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uhn-lahyk |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈlaɪk |
Definition of unlikeness
Origin :- c.1200, "not resembling," from un- (1) "not" + like (adj.). Cf. Old English ungelic, Old Frisian unlik, Old Norse ulikr, Middle Danish ulige.
- noun difference
- Then the one will have unlikeness in respect of which the others are unlike it?
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- And if unlikeness to other things is attributed to it, it must have likeness to itself.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- That would imply likeness and unlikeness, equality and inequality.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- And we also said, that it did not partake of inequality or unlikeness.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- The unlikeness of the unlike is everywhere its indispensable foundation.
- Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
- For, with all the unlikeness, Lilian had never suspected the truth.
- Extract from : « The Girls at Mount Morris » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- The moral kindred has darkened into unlikeness, but the other remains.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- The points of unlikeness are at least as numerous as the points of likeness.
- Extract from : « The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Fiske.
- He was puzzled by Nesta's unlikeness in deeds and in aspect.
- Extract from : « One of Our Conquerors, Complete » by George Meredith
- There was another point of unlikeness, which he does not mention.
- Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 » by George Gordon Byron
Synonyms for unlikeness
- aberration
- alteration
- anomaly
- antithesis
- asymmetry
- change
- characteristic
- contrariety
- contrariness
- contrast
- departure
- deviation
- digression
- discongruity
- discrepance
- discrepancy
- disparity
- dissemblance
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- divarication
- divergence
- divergency
- diversity
- exception
- heterogeneity
- idiosyncrasy
- inequality
- irregularity
- nonconformity
- opposition
- particularity
- peculiarity
- separateness
- separation
- singularity
- unconformity
- unorthodoxness
- variance
- variation
- variety
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