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Disassimilation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy) obsolete

    "It shows that the brain is not important to the proper performance of the functions of assimilation and disassimilation—or those of organic life."

  2. 2
    The act of becoming less assimilated or integrated, particularly of ethnic groups.

    "Judging from the autobiographical texts of these three authors, Natives often mixed assimilation with a degree of disassimilation."

Etymology

From dis- + assimilation.

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