Dissimilation

/dɪsˌɪmɪlˈe‍ɪʃən/

/dɪsˌɪmɪlˈeɪʃən/

[noun]

Dissimilation

[NOUN]

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

synonyms : catabolism

destructive metabolism

katabolism

antonyms : anabolism

a phonological process in which two similar or adjacent sounds in a word become less similar or distinct from each other

Examples

1. Linguists call this phonological process dissimilation.

2. The letters recount her life from her birth in 1882 so she says to the present moments and they detail her early boyfriends, her expulsion from grammar school, because she was caught by the headmistress hanging around the gates picking up men, the loss of her virginity to a medicine man who in exchange gave her invincible seductive powers and also powers of dissimilation which were equally important.