assimilation

noun

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

Definition categories: state, relationship

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

Similar word(s): absorption

Definition categories: process

3. the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

Similar word(s): absorption

Definition categories: process

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

Definition categories: process

5. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

Similar word(s): acculturation

Definition categories: thought, education

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

Definition categories: thought