assimilation

What does assimilation mean?

• noun

  the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

• noun

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

• noun

  the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• noun

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

• noun

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

• noun

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

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