a differenza di

Today's Parola del Giorno is the prepositional phrase, a differenza di, which means unlike.

Remember that there are three types of prepositions in Italian: proper, improper and prepositional phrases. This one falls into the third category.

See it used in its context below:

A differenza degli americani molti europei credono che il governo statunitense sia meno trasparente nella propria politica estera.

Unlike Americans, many Europeans believe that the US government is less transparent in their foreign politics.