not dissimilar = similar? Thanks
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The village level court seems to have been a very evolved system in Calicut and Cannanore with a "jury system" *not dissimilar* to Anglo-Saxon systems.
2007-03-04 07:31:17 · 4 answers · asked by getmyanswer 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i am going to disagree with most of the posts.
to say that something is "not dissimilar" is not the same as saying that something is "similar". Although it certainly is something like a double negative, it holds a meaning separate from similar. When we say something is similar, we observe two things and acknowledge a likeness; however, when we say that something is "not dissimilar", we observe two things and acknowledge that they are not unlike each other. It is a subtle difference, but I don't think that we should take "not disimilar" to mean exactly the same thing as "similar". It is farther removed from similar and claims a lack of opinion rather than an opinion. I would even go far enough to say that "not disimilar" is a claim is more closely related to saying something like "perhaps similar" or "have the possibility of being similar".
2007-03-04 07:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by Revel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dis is not. Therefore; dissimilar is Not similar or different.
2007-03-04 07:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by dancergalny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah...it's a complicated way of saying it's not too different than the anglo-saxons systems
2007-03-04 07:39:30 · answer #3 · answered by sk8rgrl02631 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it means similar. So why don't people just say similar?
2007-03-04 07:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋