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assimilation meaning and definition
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Definition of assimilation (noun)
- the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- synonyms: absorption
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- synonyms: absorption
- a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
- the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
- synonyms: acculturation
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
Source: Princeton University Wordnet