dissimilitude

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That dissimilitude of appearance, which was supposed to keep them distinct from the rest of the nation, might disincline them from coalescing with the Pensylvanians, or people of Connecticut. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

And in this working by resemblance in a kinde of dissimilitude betweene a father and a master.

From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George

This dissimilitude," says Mr. Thornton, "which pervades the whole of their habits, is so general, even in things of apparent insignificance, as almost to indicate design rather than accident.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry

The dissimilitude of Sumatra and Java, separated by only a narrow channel, occurs to us, as well as that of Madagascar, but narrowly divided from the neighboring continent.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

It only appertains to those conversant with their relations of dissimilitude or conformity to appreciate the possibility of realizing this system.

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)