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dissimilation
[ dih-sim-uh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of making or becoming unlike.
- Phonetics. the process by which a speech sound becomes different from or less like a neighboring sound, as pilgrim [pil, -grim] from Latin ±è±ð°ù±ð²µ°ùÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ [pe, r, -e-, gree, -n, oo, s], and purple [pur, -p, uh, l] from Old English purpure [poor, -p, oo, -, r, e], or disappears entirely because of a like sound in another syllable, as in the pronunciation [guhv, -, uh, -ner] for governor. Compare assimilation ( def 7 ).
- Biology. catabolism.
dissimilation
/ ËŒ»åɪ²õɪ³¾ÉªËˆ±ô±ðɪʃə²Ô /
noun
- the act or an instance of making dissimilar
- phonetics the alteration or omission of a consonant as a result of being dissimilated
- biology a less common word for catabolism
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dissimilation1
First recorded in 1820–30; dis- 1 + (as)similation
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The result has been widespread public furor over crime, cultural dissimilation and fears of terrorism.
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Instead, therefore, of using torture, they employed craft; and though Garnet was an adept in the art of dissimilation, yet he was outwitted on this occasion.
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A number of occupative names have lost the last syllable by dissimilation, e.g.
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Three of the most important of these are assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis.
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We have long had the word ‘assimilation’ in our dictionaries; ‘dissimilation’ has not yet found its way into them, but it speedily will.
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