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dissimilation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

dissimilation

noun

/dɪ,sɪmə'leɪʃən/

breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

Type	Words
Synonyms	catabolism, destructive metabolism, katabolism
Type of	biological process, organic process

dissimilation

noun

/dɪ,sɪmə'leɪʃən/

a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other

Type	Words
Type of	linguistic process
Derivation	dissimilate

the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation.

dissimilation

Often in the development of languages dialectization results in the dissimilation of daughter languages.

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I had a romantic notion of that requiring a bit of acting and dissimilation and audience influencing and I thought that would be quite fun.

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