Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assimilation

6 senses of assimilation

Sense 1
assimilation -- (the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family)
       => relationship -- (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

Sense 2
assimilation, absorption -- (the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another)
       => social process -- (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)

Sense 3
assimilation, absorption -- (the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion)
       => organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)

Sense 4
assimilation -- (a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound)
       => linguistic process -- (a process involved in human language)

Sense 5
acculturation, assimilation -- (the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure)
       => education -- (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's")

Sense 6
assimilation -- (in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance)
       => developmental learning -- (learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development)