disparity

noun

dis·par·i·ty di-ˈsper-ə-tē How to pronounce disparity (audio)

-ˈspa-rə-

plural disparities

: a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity

economic/income disparities

The fact is that America's colleges … have lately been exacerbating more than ameliorating the widening disparity of wealth and opportunity in American society.

Andrew Delbanco

… in no other composer is the disparity between the man and his work so immense. Bach's life is considered stupefyingly ordinary, but his music is divine …

Edward Rothstein

disparity

noun

as in difference

the quality or state of being different an enormous disparity in the lives of the rich and the poor in that country

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similarity
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单词	disparity
释义	disparity noun dis·par·i·ty di-ˈsper-ə-tē -ˈspa-rə- plural disparities : a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity economic/income disparities The fact is that America's colleges … have lately been exacerbating more than ameliorating the widening disparity of wealth and opportunity in American society. Andrew Delbanco … in no other composer is the disparity between the man and his work so immense. Bach's life is considered stupefyingly ordinary, but his music is divine … Edward Rothstein Did you know? Disparity contains the Latin dis, meaning "apart" or "non-", so a disparity is a kind of "nonequality". The word is often used to describe a social or economic condition that's considered unfairly unequal: a racial disparity in hiring, a health disparity between the rich and the poor, an income disparity between men and women, and so on. Its adjective, disparate (accented on the first syllable), is often used to emphasize strong differences. Synonyms contrast difference disagreement discrepancy disparateness dissimilarity dissimilitude distance distinction distinctiveness distinctness diverseness diversity otherness unlikeness See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French disparité, borrowed from Late Latin disparitāt-, disparitās, from Latin dispar-, dispār "unequal, different" (from dis- dis- + par-, pār "matching, equal," of uncertain origin) + -itāt-, -itās -ity First Known Use 1571, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition disparity noun dis·par·i·ty dis-ˈpar-ət-ē plural disparities : the state of being different or dissimilar (as in the sensory information received) see retinal disparity disparity noun as in difference the quality or state of being different an enormous disparity in the lives of the rich and the poor in that country Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance difference diversity distinctiveness distinctness discrepancy contrast distinction dissimilarity divergence disagreement diverseness distance dissimilitude unlikeness disparateness imbalance otherness variation variability inequality change disproportion variance incongruity friction deviance distinguishability incongruence discord discordance dichotomy conflict modification strife disunity discriminability dissension differentiability incompatibility dissent incongruousness dissidence dissention nonequivalence nonconformity anomalousness Antonyms & Near Antonyms similarity resemblance analogy community sameness identity likeness agreement equality parallelism accordance congruity conformity alikeness correspondence equivalence uniformity analogousness similitude identicalness homogeneity equivalency homogeneousness See More
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