dissimilation

From dis- +‎ -similation, after assimilation.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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".

• assimilation

• dissimilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

dissimilation

1. Misspelling of dissimulation.

From dissimiler +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /di.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃/

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dissimilation f (plural dissimilations)

1. (phonology) dissimilation

   Antonym: assimilation

• “dissimilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012