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 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
High Ger. klobe-louch, clove-leek, by dissimilation of one l.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
It may be noted here that, apart from dissimilation, the sounds l, n, r, have a general tendency to become confused, e.g.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
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 Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
