noun
1. the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑assimilate
• Hypernyms: ↑relationship
2. the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
• Syn: ↑absorption
• Derivationally related forms: ↑absorb (for: ↑absorption), ↑assimilate
• Hypernyms: ↑social process
• Hyponyms:
↑Americanization, ↑Americanisation, ↑Anglicization, ↑Anglicisation, ↑Europeanization, ↑Europeanisation, ↑Westernization, ↑Westernisation
3. a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
• Derivationally related forms: ↑assimilate
• Hypernyms: ↑linguistic process
4. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
• Syn: ↑acculturation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑assimilate, ↑acculturational (for: ↑acculturation)
• Hypernyms: ↑education
5. the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
• Syn: ↑absorption
• Derivationally related forms: ↑assimilate
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
• Hyponyms: ↑anabolism, ↑constructive metabolism, ↑malabsorption
6. in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑assimilate
• Hypernyms: ↑developmental learning
Useful english dictionary. 2012.