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

It is in direct contradiction to that theory which supposes that each stimulus is followed by dissimilation or break-down of the tissue, reducing its function below par.

From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir

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 Langdon, Stephen

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

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