assimilation
[ uh-sim-uh-ley-shuh n ]
/ əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən /
noun
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RELATED WORDS
digestion, consumption, ingestion, inhalation, catabolism, anabolism, metabolism, orientation, conformity, adaptation, acclimatization, acculturation, familiarization
Nearby words
- assignee,
- assignment,
- assignor,
- assimilable,
- assimilate,
- assimilationism,
- assimilationist,
- assimilative,
- assiniboin,
- assiniboine
Origin of assimilation
First recorded in 1595–1605, assimilation is from the Latin word assimilātiōn- (stem of assimilātiō). See assimilate, -ion
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Examples from the Web for assimilation
assimilation
early 15c., "act of assimilating," from Old French assimilacion, from Latin assimilationem (nominative assimilatio) "likeness, similarity," noun of action from past participle stem of assimilare (see assimilate). Psychological sense is from 1855.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
assimilation
[ ə-sĭm′ə-lā′shən ]
n.
The incorporation of digested substances from food into the tissues of an organism.
The amalgamation and modification of newly perceived information and experiences into the existing cognitive structure.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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assimilation
[ ə-sĭm′ə-lā′shən ]
The conversion of nutrients into living tissue; constructive metabolism.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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assimilation
The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group: “Waves of immigrants have been assimilated into the American culture.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.