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disparity

/dɪˈspæɹɪti/ noun

Latin root: disparitātem Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about disparity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Inequality or difference in some respect.

Origin

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

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