dissimilation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
    • the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation
  2. noun breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
    catabolism; katabolism; destructive metabolism.

WordNet

Dis*sim`i*la"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act of making dissimilar. H. Sweet.

Webster 1913