Dissimilation

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Dissimilation or Dissimilate may refer to:

Culture

  • Cultural dissimilation, the process whereby a minority group deconverts from the attitudes and customs of the prevailing culture and customs, returning to their previous ones

Science

  • Catabolism, the set of metabolic pathways that breaks down molecules into smaller units
  • Dissimilation (phonology), a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
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