What does disparity mean?
Definitions for disparity
dɪˈspær ɪ tidis·par·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
disparitynoun
inequality or difference in some respect
Wiktionary
disparitynoun
the state of being unequal; difference
disparitynoun
incongruity
Etymology: From disparité.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Disparitynoun
Etymology: from dispar, Latin.
Between Elihu and the rest of Job’s familiars, the greatest disparity was but in years. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 47.
Among unequals, what society
Can sort, what harmony or true delight?
Which must be mutual, in proportion due,
Giv’n and receiv’d; but in disparity,
The one intense, the other still remiss,
Cannot well suit with either, but soon prove
Tedious alike. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii. l. 386.There was as great a disparity between the practical dictates of the understanding then and now, as there is between empire and advice, counsel and command. Robert South, Sermons.
Men ought not to associate and join themselves together in the same office, under a disparity of condition or profession. John Ayliffe, Parergon.
Some members must preside and direct, and others serve and obey; and a disparity between these, in the outward condition, is necessary to keep several orders in mutual dependance on each other. John Rogers, Sermons.
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disparity
Disparity refers to a significant difference or inequality between two or more things, conditions, situations or individuals, often observed in contexts like wealth, health, social status, or opportunities. It highlights the lack of fairness or the existence of a gap in quality or quantity.
Webster Dictionary
Disparitynoun
inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disparity
dis-par′i-ti, n. inequality: unlikeness so great as to render comparison difficult and union unsuitable.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disparity in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disparity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of disparity in a Sentence
There is a disparity in access to capital in our country. We do not want this tragedy of a coronavirus to exacerbate that disparity or to ossify it, to solidify it.
It's interesting, and it would definitely take some follow-up to see what that means. Is that depression? Is that anxiety? Are there specific psychological phenomena that are more or less related to chronotype, especially the disparity between your chronotype preferred timing and the actual timing of sleep?
He has to come out of this addressing not only the disparity but now addressing the destruction.
To see the disparity in the treatment of individuals... who have no respect for our nation's Capitol, vandalizing and actually committing assaults and they get to walk away unharmed and not even arrested, it's hurtful.
You need to understand this isn't just about policing, this is about the continuing poverty rates, the continuing growing disparity between the wealthy and the poor. It's still about unemployment issues.
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- تفاوتArabic
- несъразмерност, разлика, неравенство, несъответствиеBulgarian
- UngleichheitGerman
- disparidadSpanish
- eroavuus, erilaisuusFinnish
- disparitéFrench
- असमानताHindi
- perbedaanIndonesian
- 格差Japanese
- ongelijkheid, onevenredigheidDutch
- нера́венство, разли́чие, несоразме́рность, несоотве́тствиеRussian
- ojämlikhetSwedish
- ஏற்றத்தாழ்வுTamil
- تفاوتUrdu
- khác biệtVietnamese
- 差距Chinese
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