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assimilative
[ uh-sim-uh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]
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Other Words From
- as·simi·lative·ness noun
- nonas·simi·lative adjective
- nonas·simi·la·tory adjective
- unas·simi·lative adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of assimilative1
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Example Sentences
I refer to the assimilative fusion of psychical elements of differing origins.
They appear to have been more ferocious and less assimilative than the other conquering tribes.
Fat is only surplus tissue—the amount manufactured by the assimilative system over and above the needs of the body.
The fatal assimilative power of the Jew is revealed nowhere in music more sheerly than in the style of Mahler.
In Perugino the brilliant but most assimilative young student found just the master he needed.
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