dissimilation
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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
As the brain mediates between sensation and motion, so the vascular system is the go-between of the organs of assimilation and the organs of dissimilation.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
High Ger. klobe-louch, clove-leek, by dissimilation of one l.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Three of the most important of these are assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
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
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