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
These parts are all concerned in the processes of assimilation and dissimilation, and the lower layer may accordingly be called the trophic layer.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Old Fr. livel became by dissimilation nivel, now niveau.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
The triumph of the form belfry is due to association with bell, but the l is originally due to dissimilation, since we find belfroi also in Old French.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
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 Stephen Langdon