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Anisomorphism

//ˌænˌaɪsə(ʊ)ˈmɔɹfɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The absence of an exact correspondence between words etc. in two different languages; the differences between two given languages that create mismatches in a translation dictionary. countable, uncountable

    "These well-known examples of the ‘imperfect matching’ or anisomorphism of languages do not really support the conclusion that translation is impossible."

Etymology

From an- + isomorphism.

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