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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•sim•i•la•tion (di sim′ə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of making or becoming unlike.
[Phonet.]the process by which a speech sound becomes different from or less like a neighboring sound, as pilgrim(pil′grim)USA pronunciation from Latin peregrīnus(per′e grē′nŏŏs),USA pronunciation and purple(pûr′pəl)USA pronunciation from Old English purpure(pŏŏr′pŏŏ re),USA pronunciation or disappears entirely because of a like sound in another syllable, as in the pronunciation (guv′ə nər)USA pronunciation for governor. Cf. assimilation (def. 5).- [Biol.]catabolism.
- dis-1 + (as)similation 1820–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dissimilation /ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/ n - the act or an instance of making dissimilar
- the alteration or omission of a consonant as a result of being dissimilated
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