dissimilation

Example Sentences

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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 Weekley, Ernest

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

The modified or positive response in nerve is thus held to be due to assimilation; after continuous stimulation, this process is supposed to be transformed into one of dissimilation, with the attendant negative response.

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

Old Fr. livel became by dissimilation nivel, now niveau.

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