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The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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The rejection, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: cultural studies
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
Examples
- After the impacts of the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union's cultural imperialism on the national identity of indigenous peoples: their language, culture and historical memory, there have been efforts at the dissimilatory process of derussification.
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Misspelling of dissimulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: catabolism, katabolism, destructive metabolism
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation
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Broader terms: linguistic process
From dis- + -similation, after assimilation.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
erilaistaminen
— the act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar
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Portuguese:
dissimilação
— the act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar
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Albanian:
disimilim
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Armenian:
տարնմանություն
(tarnmanutʻyun)
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Breton:
disheñveladur
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Catalan:
dissimilació
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Chinese Mandarin:
語音異化 /语音异化
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Finnish:
dissimilaatio
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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French:
dissimilation
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Georgian:
დისიმილაცია
(disimilacia)
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Georgian:
განმსგავსება
(ganmsgavseba)
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Greek:
ανομοίωση
(anomoíosi)
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Hungarian:
elhasonulás
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Italian:
dissimilazione
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Mongolian:
авианы ондоошил
(aviany ondoošil)
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Mongolian:
ᠠᠪᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠣᠨᠳᠣᠣᠰᠢᠯ
(abiyan-ü ondoosil)
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Polish:
dysymilacja
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Portuguese:
dissimilação
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Russian:
диссимиля́ция
(dissimiljácija)
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Welsh:
dadfathiad
— (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
