dissimilation

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ -similation, after assimilation.

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Noun

dissimilation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilations)

  2. The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
  4. (microbiology) A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
  6. (phonology, phonetics) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.
    • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 112:
      Brimstone is "properly" *brinstone, displaying an ancient careless pronunciation made respectable by being called "dissimilation".

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Noun

dissimilation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilations)

  1. Misspelling of dissimulation.

French

Etymology

From dissimiler +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

Noun

dissimilation f (plural dissimilations)

  1. (phonology) dissimilation
    Antonym: assimilation

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