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
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 Weekley, Ernest
The r of berry has brought about dissimilation in Eng. mulberry and Ger.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Old Fr. livel became by dissimilation nivel, now niveau.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
There is also separation and aggregation, assimilation and dissimilation, increase, diminution, equalization, a passage from motion to rest, and from rest to motion in the one and many.
From Parmenides by Jowett, Benjamin
