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 same group of names is affected by dissimilation, i.e. the instinct to avoid the recurrence of the same sound.
From The Romance of Names 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
Old Fr. livel became by dissimilation nivel, now niveau.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
The female name Annabel is a dissimilation of Amabel, whence Mabel.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
