disassimilation

catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy)

It shows that the brain is not important to the proper performance of the functions of assimilation and disassimilation—or those of organic life.

His experiments show “that about four-fifths of our disassimilations are the result of transformations within the body, comparable to the oxidation of alcohol, and that the remaining one-fifth of the disassimilations are formed at the expense of the living tissues themselves, free of all demands on foreign oxygen."

The act of becoming less assimilated or integrated, particularly of ethnic groups.

Judging from the autobiographical texts of these three authors, Natives often mixed assimilation with a degree of disassimilation.

At this point, "a process of disassimilation begins. The arts, life, and ideals of the nationality become central and paramount; ethnic and national differences change in status from disadvantages to distinctions."