To change into something opposite or foreign to one's original self, often used in philosophy to describe a state where a person's creations become a power that rules over them.

the natural purpose or activity of something, such as a biological or chemical process; often used as a suffix to mean "-ation" or "-ing" as in 消化 xiāo​huà plus this word for "digestion"

In linguistics, the process where two similar or identical sounds change to become less similar when spoken in succession

the natural purpose or activity of something, such as a biological or chemical process; often used as a suffix to mean "-ation" or "-ing" as in 消化 xiāo​huà plus this word for "digestion"

For similar or identical things to gradually become different from one another

the natural purpose or activity of something, such as a biological or chemical process; often used as a suffix to mean "-ation" or "-ing" as in 消化 xiāo​huà plus this word for "digestion"