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disassimilations

disassimilations is the plural of disassimilation.

Meaning of disassimilation

Noun

disassimilation (plural disassimilations)

  1. (obsolete) catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy)
    • It shows that the brain is not important to the proper performance of the functions of assimilation and disassimilation—or those of organic life.1851 March, Buffalo Medical Journal, volume 6, number 10, page 584
  2. The act of becoming less assimilated or integrated, particularly of ethnic groups.
    • Judging from the autobiographical texts of these three authors, Natives often mixed assimilation with a degree of disassimilation.2004, Joel Pfister, Individuality incorporated: Indians and the multicultural modern

Questions about disassimilations

What is disassimilations the plural of?
Disassimilations is the plural of disassimilation.

Words near disassimilations in the dictionary

  1. disassimilate
  2. disassimilated
  3. disassimilates
  4. disassimilating
  5. disassimilation
  6. disassimilations
  7. disassimilative
  8. disassociate
  9. disassociated
  10. disassociates
  11. disassociating

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