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Dissimilation

//ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Misspelling of dissimulation. alt-of, misspelling
  3. 3
    breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy wordnet
  4. 4
    A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other wordnet
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  1. 6
    A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar. countable, uncountable

    "Brimstone is "properly" *brinstone, displaying an ancient careless pronunciation made respectable by being called "dissimilation"."

Etymology

From dis- + -similation, after assimilation.

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