異い化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

dissimilation

General term for making something different or dissimilar; often used in contrast to 同化 (assimilation).

Antonyms: 同化

• 文ぶん化かの異い化かと同どう化かは、歴れき史しの中なかで繰くり返かえされてきた。

  Cultural dissimilation and assimilation have repeated throughout history.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

catabolism

Biology term for the breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms; opposite of 同化 (anabolism).

Antonyms: 同化

• 異い化か作さ用ようによって、栄えい養よう素そがエネルギーに変かわる。

  Through catabolism, nutrients are converted into energy.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

dissimilation (phonology)

Linguistics term for a sound change where two similar sounds become less alike; e.g., Latin 'peregrinus' > Italian 'pellegrino'.

Antonyms: 同化

• 音おん韻いん論ろんでは、異い化かは同どう化かの逆ぎゃくの現げん象しょうとされる。

  In phonology, dissimilation is considered the opposite of assimilation.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

defamiliarization; ostranenie; alienation (art)

Artistic technique of making the familiar seem strange to provoke new perception; associated with Russian Formalism.

• シクロフスキーは、芸げい術じゅつの目もく的てきを異い化かと定てい義ぎした。

  Shklovsky defined the purpose of art as defamiliarization.