"assimilation" in the noun sense
1. assimilation
the state of being assimilated people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
2. assimilation, absorption
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
3. assimilation, absorption
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
4. assimilation
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
5. acculturation, assimilation
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
6. assimilation
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
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