Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissymmetry

/dɪsˈɪmətɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-sym-me-try
IPA: /dɪsˈɪmətɹi/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In each feature of this sovereign friendship (exception, improbable and random unicity, metapolitical transcendence, disproportion, infinite dissymmetry, denaturalization, etc.), it might be tempting to recognize a rupture with Greek philía – a testamentary rupture, as some would hasten to conclude, a palaeo- or neo-testamentary rupture."
"The dissymetry between the criminal act and the torturous punishment reflected the gross imbalance of power between the subject and the sovereign."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English symmetry English dissymmetry From dis- + symmetry.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dissymmetries (plural)

Synonyms

disproportion imbalance

Rhymes With

symmetry asymmetry altimetry

Questions

How do you pronounce dissymmetry?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈɪmətɹi/.
What does dissymmetry mean?: asymmetry
Where does dissymmetry come from?: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English symmetry English dissymmetry From dis- + symmetry.

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