“assimilation”

Definitions

• noun

  the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

  Synonyms: americanization, anschluss, ablation, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, accommodation, accordance, acculturation, adaptation, addition, adjustment

• noun

  the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

  Synonyms: absorption

• noun

  the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

  Synonyms: absorption

• noun

  a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

• noun

  the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

  Synonyms: acculturation

• noun

  in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance