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“dissimilation”
1. The act, or process, of making or becoming different.
2. The process whereby one of two, or more, identical or similar sounds in a word is changed or omitted; as in the pronunciation (LIGH ber" ee) for "library".
2. The process whereby one of two, or more, identical or similar sounds in a word is changed or omitted; as in the pronunciation (LIGH ber" ee) for "library".
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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simal-, simil-, simul-, -semble
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