dissimilations

Noun

dissimilation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilations)

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.
   • Brimstone is "properly" *brinstone, displaying an ancient careless pronunciation made respectable by being called "dissimilation".1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 112
4. (cultural studies) The rejection, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.
   • After the impacts of the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union's cultural imperialism on the national identity of indigenous peoples: their language, culture and historical memory, there have been efforts at the dissimilatory process of derussification.