
1) Catabolism 2) Katabolism
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1) Linguistic process
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In phonology, particularly within historical linguistics, dissimilation is purported to be a phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar. For example, when one /r/ sound occurs before another in the middle of a word in rhotic dialects of English, the first tends to drop out, as in `beserk` for berserk, `su......
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• (n.) The act of making dissimilar.
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(from the article `linguistics`) Dissimilation refers to the process by which one sound becomes different from a neighbouring sound. For example, the word `pilgrim` (French pèlerin) ...
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Synonym: disassimilation. ... Synonym: catabolism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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A linguistic development in which two sounds become less alike. Algeo (317) offers the example of di
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Dis·sim`i·la'tion noun The act of making dissimilar.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: di-sim-i-lā′shŭn Synonyms: disassimilation, catabolism
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[
n] - a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
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dissimilation 1. The act, or process, of making or becoming disimilar. 2. The process whereby one of two, or more, identical or similar sounds in a word is changed or omitted; as in the pronunciation (LIGH ber' ee) for 'library'.
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the act of making or becoming unlike. · the process by which a speech sound becomes different from or less like a neighboring sound, as pilgrimfrom Latin peregrīnusand purplefrom Old English purpureor disappears entirely because of a like sound in another syllable, as in the pronunciationfor governor. Cf. assimilation (def. 5). · cata...
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