1. (

• assimilation

) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family ;

2. (

• assimilation ,
• absorption ,

) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another ;

3. (

• assimilation ,
• absorption ,

) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion ;

4. (

• assimilation

) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound ;

5. (

• acculturation ,
• assimilation ,

) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure ;

6. (

• assimilation

) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance ;