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
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
The Norse form versla shows later dissimilation of ss to rs.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
For in these cases the supposed dissimilation is followed not by a decrease but by an increase of functional activity.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
Three of the most important of these are assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
