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 Norse form versla shows later dissimilation of ss to rs.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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

The female name Annabel is a dissimilation of Amabel, whence Mabel.

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

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