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