Dissimilation

Dissimilation (from Latin dissimilis "dissimilar") stands for:

• in biology the breakdown of an energy store, see dissimilation (biology)
• in linguistics the conversion of a speech sound, see dissimilation (phonology)
• in psychology the adjustment of the subject to the object, see dissimilation (psychology) if necessary

See also:

• assimilation
• Dissimulation

Wiktionary: Dissimilation  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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