English noun: assimilation |
1. | assimilation (state) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family |
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| Broader (hypernym) | relationship |
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2. | assimilation (process) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
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| Synonyms | absorption |
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| Broader (hypernym) | social process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Americanisation, Americanization, Anglicisation, Anglicization, Europeanisation, Europeanization, Westernisation, Westernization |
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3. | assimilation (process) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
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| Synonyms | absorption |
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| Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anabolism, constructive metabolism, malabsorption |
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4. | assimilation (process) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound |
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| Broader (hypernym) | linguistic process |
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5. | assimilation (cognition) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
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| Synonyms | acculturation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | education |
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6. | assimilation (cognition) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | developmental learning |
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