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
The sounds most frequently affected by dissimilation are those represented by the letters l, n, and r.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
As the brain mediates between sensation and motion, so the vascular system is the go-between of the organs of assimilation and the organs of dissimilation.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
There is also separation and aggregation, assimilation and dissimilation, increase, diminution, equalization, a passage from motion to rest, and from rest to motion in the one and many.
From Parmenides by Jowett, Benjamin
The female name Annabel is a dissimilation of Amabel, whence Mabel.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
