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DISSIMILATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does dissimilation mean?

• DISSIMILATION (noun)
The noun DISSIMILATION has 2 senses:

1. a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
2. breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

Familiarity information: DISSIMILATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISSIMILATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation

Hypernyms ("dissimilation" is a kind of...):

linguistic process (a process involved in human language)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

catabolism; destructive metabolism; katabolism; dissimilation

Hypernyms ("dissimilation" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Holonyms ("dissimilation" is a part of...):

metabolic process; metabolism; metastasis (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

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