disparity

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpæɹɪti/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun inequality or difference in some respect

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
inequality
Narrower (hyponyms)
disproportion, gulf, far cry, gap

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