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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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