dissimilation

Meanings

1. The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
2. A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
3. A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.
4. The rejection, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.

1. Misspelling of dissimulation.

Etymology

From dis- + -similation, after assimilation.