Dissimilation

/ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/

Synonyms for "dissimilation" (45 found)

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articulation aspiration assimilation bilabial camouflage check consonant contrast

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Noun(2 words)

destructive metabolismkatabolism

difference diphthong disguise disparity dissemblance divergence diversity explosive glide glottal guttural labial

Related words (22)

lateral liquid makeup modification mute nasal nonuniformity palatal peak pharyngeal phone phoneme retroflex sonant sonority stop surd syllable unresemblance vocable

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biological processlinguistic processorganic process

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

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