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Assimilation   /əsˌɪməlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Assimilation

noun
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.  Synonym: absorption.
3.
The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion.  Synonym: 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.  Synonym: acculturation.
6.
In the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance.



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"Assimilation" Quotes from Famous Books



... something of the vein into their plaints or lullabies,—that, indeed, Foster's songs may have been a true type that stirred their own imitation. From all points of view,—the condition of slavery, the trait of assimilation and the strong gift of musical expression may have conspired to give the negro a position and equipment which would entitle his tunes to stand as the real ...
— Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies • Philip H. Goepp
... advantages of a thorough assimilation of what may be called the theosophic idea is that it can be applied with advantage to every department of knowledge and of human activity: like the key to a cryptogram it renders clear and simple ...
— The Beautiful Necessity • Claude Fayette Bragdon
... meaning. Kluge connects this htta with Gothic h[-a]han, to hang, so that it may mean radically 'a state of being in suspense.' The word must have come into England in the form *haht, before the assimilation of ht ...
— A Concise Dictionary of Middle English - From A.D. 1150 To 1580 • A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat
... out at their destination. He had no answer. He caught something of Jim's meaning, but his hard mind had not the proper power of assimilation. ...
— The One-Way Trail - A story of the cattle country • Ridgwell Cullum
... image of restored health and physical strength; he pictures the diseased organ as restored to health and normal functioning; he sees the entire physiological machinery operating properly, the work of nutrition, assimilation, and excretion going on naturally and normally. By proper words of advice L and encouragement he awakens hope and confidence in the mind of the patient, and thus obtains the co-operation of that mind in connection to his own mental efforts. The astral body responds to this treatment, ...
— Clairvoyance and Occult Powers • Swami Panchadasi


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