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

These parts are all concerned in the processes of assimilation and dissimilation, and the lower layer may accordingly be called the trophic layer.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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 Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir

A number of occupative names have lost the last syllable by dissimilation, e.g.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

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