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1. The state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
    
2. The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
   - absorption
    
3. The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
   - absorption
    
4. A linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
    
5. The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
   - acculturation
    
6. In the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance

Derived forms: assimilations

Type of: biological process, developmental learning, education, linguistic process, organic process, relationship, social process

Encyclopedia: Assimilation