单词 | disparity |
释义 | disparityn. 1. a. The quality or state of being of unequal rank, condition, circumstances, etc.; inequality or dissimilarity in respect of age, amount, number, or quality; want of parity or equality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun] unevenness1398 disparagec1430 inequality1531 unequality?1541 odds1542 unequalness?1548 unegalness1561 imparity1563 disparity1597 disequality1602 disparison1609 inadequation1631 inequivalence1879 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlvii. 95 Betweene Elihu and the rest of Iobs familiars the greatest disparitie was but in yeares. 1611 C. Hampton Serm. Glasco 23 I am bound to obey both powers, but with disparitie. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 21 A wife..fit for him without disparity or Disparagement. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 55 Disparity in Age, seems a greater Obstacle to an intimate Friendship than inequality of Fortune. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 100 The disparity of education and fortune. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 289 Willing and desirous of fighting upon the spot, without regard to the disparity of numbers. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 20 No disparity of force made Englishmen shrink from enemies. b. with plural. An instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun] > an inequality disparitya1682 gap1930 a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 31 There may be no such vast Chasm or Gulph between disparities as common Measures determine. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xix. 163 This keen sense of the ludicrous and the salient disparities of life. 2. The quality of being unlike or different; unlikeness, dissimilarity, difference, incongruity. Also with plural. An instance or particular form of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] diversitya1340 difference1340 variancec1374 distancea1382 unlikenessa1387 variationc1405 discrepation?a1425 distinction1435 severaltyc1449 unlikelinessc1450 dissemblance1463 unlikelihood1483 alteritya1500 indifferencec1503 discrepancea1522 dissimilitude1532 differency1542 variety1552 discernment1570 disparitya1575 discrepancy1579 otherness1587 discernance1592 imparity1608 disanalogy1610 disresemblance1622 dislikeness1623 diff1624 inconformity1625 irresemblance1628 variousness1628 odds1642 disparation1654 aliety1656 disparility1656 disparateness1659 severality1664 nonconformity1672 unconformableness1712 dissimilarity1715 differentness1727 differ1787 allogeneitya1834 otherwiseness1890 otherliness1937 diversion- a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 75 There is a great disparity and odds between them. 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 993 Who could more eloquently..note the disparities and differences [of men than Plutarch]? 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 276 In which computes there are manifest disparities . View more context for this quotation 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xv. 77 You may see what a disparity there is between these dialects. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 214 There is not the least disparity between the ancient North-American method of manufacturing, and that of the South Americans. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xxxiv. 250 We find a striking disparity between individuals..descended from a common stock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1575 |
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