- assimilation - the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
--1 is a kind of relationship
Derived forms: verb assimilate3, verb assimilate2 - assimilation, absorption - the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
--2 is a kind of social process
--2 has particulars:Americanization, Americanisation; Europeanization, Europeanisation; Westernization, Westernisation Derived forms: verb assimilate3, verb assimilate2 - assimilation, absorption - the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
--3 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--3 has particulars: malabsorptionDerived form: verb assimilate4 - assimilation - a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
--4 is a kind of linguistic process
Derived form: verb assimilate5 - acculturation, assimilation - the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
--5 is a kind of education
Derived form: verb assimilate1 - assimilation - in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
--6 is a kind of developmental learning
Derived form: verb assimilate1