Defenition of the word assimilation
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Defenition of the word assimilation
- Conversion of nutritive material to living tissue.
(Source: KOREN)
- the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
- a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
- the state of being assimilated
- the absorbing of one cultural group into harmony with another
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
Synonyms for the word assimilation
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- absorption
- acculturation
- adaptation
- adjustment
- digestion
- incorporation
- integration
Similar words in the assimilation
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- assimilation
- assimilation's
Hyponyms for the word assimilation
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- Americanisation
- Americanization
- anabolism
- anglicisation
- anglicization
- constructive metabolism
- Europeanisation
- Europeanization
- malabsorption
- Westernisation
- Westernization
Hypernyms for the word assimilation
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- biological process
- developmental learning
- education
- group action
- linguistic process
- organic process
- relationship
- social process
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