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assimilation
(/@/,s/I/m/@/'l/eI//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another(noun.process)
    Synonym:
    absorption
    source: wordnet30
  • the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion(noun.process)
    source: wordnet30
  • a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound(noun.process)
    source: wordnet30
  • the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    acculturation
    source: wordnet30
  • in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance(noun.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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