Antonyms for disparity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-spar-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspær ɪ ti


Definition of disparity

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French disparité (16c.), from Late Latin disparitatem (nominative disparitas) "inequality," from dis- "not" (see dis-) + paritas "parity" (see parity). Related: Disparities.
  • noun difference
Example sentences :
  • They see the disparity of wealth and poverty, and their hearts are torn with anger and with pity.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • And the Eumenides there lying express pictorially this disparity.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • One main cause of this disparity is the smallness of the inns here.
  • Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley
  • But this disparity in their fortunes which had frightened him before now had no fears for him.
  • Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • Taking no account of the Cherub, the disparity of force is sufficiently obvious.
  • Extract from : « Admiral Farragut » by A. T. Mahan
  • Peggy will meet the disparity of ages by the disparity of stations.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
  • They had not now the spirit of ancient times, when no disparity of force dismayed them.
  • Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson
  • I answer, the disparity is due to the influence of the Lectionaries.
  • Extract from : « The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels » by John Burgon
  • In this case there is a disparity of accent, and the word is compound.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • Disparity of ages and unsuitableness of dispositions—what was it Fellingham said?
  • Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith

Synonyms for disparity

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