assimilation (n.)the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family;
assimilation (n.)the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another;
assimilation (n.)the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion;
assimilation (n.)a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound;
assimilation (n.)the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure;
assimilation (n.)in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance;
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