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 female name Annabel is a dissimilation of Amabel, whence Mabel.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
It is in direct contradiction to that theory which supposes that each stimulus is followed by dissimilation or break-down of the tissue, reducing its function below par.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
High Ger. klobe-louch, clove-leek, by dissimilation of one l.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Sometimes dissimilation leads to the disappearance of a consonant, e.g.,
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
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