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