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