dissimilation

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The result has been widespread public furor over crime, cultural dissimilation and fears of terrorism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 11, 2016

Three of the most important of these are assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

For in these cases the supposed dissimilation is followed not by a decrease but by an increase of functional activity.

From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir

Sometimes dissimilation leads to the disappearance of a consonant, e.g.,

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

V 25 I 15; II 13 mu-na-ni-ib-gí-gí.226.eku from uku by dissimilation of vowels.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen