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

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

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

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

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