disparity

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disparity

/dɪˈspæɹɪti/ UK
/dɪˈspæɹəti/ UK
[dɪˈspæɹti] UK
/dɪˈspæɹɪti/ US
/dɪˈspæɹəti/ US
[dɪˈspæɹɾi] US
/dɪˈspɛɹɪti/
[dɪˈspɛɹɪɾi]
/dɪˈspeɹɪti/
/dɪˈspɛɹəti/
[dɪˈspɛɹɾi]
/dɪˈpeɹəti/
/dɪˈspæɹɪti/ Australia
[dɪˈspæɹɪɾi] Australia
/dɪˈspæɹəti/ Australia
[dɪˈspæɹɾi] Australia

Where it comes from

From Middle French disparité, from Latin disparitātem, accusative of disparitās, from dispār + -tās, from dis- + pār. By surface analysis, dis- + parity.

noun disparities

uncountable The state of being unequal; difference. With no great disparity between them in point of years, they were, in every other respect, as unlike and far removed from each other as two men could well be. The one was soft-spoken, delicately made, precise, and elegant; the other, a burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt in
countable Incongruity.

Similar: unalikeness

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: disproportionality, disproportion, unfairness, asymmetry, inconsistency, imbalance, inequality, inequity, unevenness, discordance, unconformity, uneven, mismatch, discrepancy, non-compliance, nonsense

noun

Similar: unalikeness

Translations

Every language

noun the state of being unequal; difference

Español	disparidad
हिन्दी	विषमता viṣamtā
Português	disparidade
Français	disparité
Deutsch	Differenz, Unterschiedlichkeit, Unterschied, Disparität, Ungleichheit
Русский	нера́венство nerávenstvo, разли́чие razlíčije

noun incongruity

Deutsch	Unvereinbarkeit, Ungleichheit
Русский	несоотве́тствие nesootvétstvije, несоразме́рность nesorazmérnostʹ

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Chicago

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@misc{disparity_2026,
  title = {disparity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disparity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}