assimilation
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
Types & categories
- relationship hypernym
Related & opposite
- assimilate derivation
- assimilate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Types & categories
- social process hypernym
- Americanization hyponym
- Anglicization hyponym
- Europeanization hyponym
- Westernization hyponym
Related & opposite
- assimilate derivation
- assimilate derivation
- assimilate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
- anabolism hyponym
- malabsorption hyponym
Related & opposite
- imbibe derivation
Sense 4 noun
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
Types & categories
- linguistic process hypernym
Related & opposite
- assimilate derivation
Sense 5 noun
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Types & categories
- education hypernym
Related & opposite
- assimilate derivation
- acculturational derivation
Sense 6 noun
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
Types & categories
- developmental learning hypernym
Related & opposite
- assimilate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | relationship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social process |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Americanization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Anglicization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Europeanization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Westernization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imbibe |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | anabolism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | malabsorption |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | linguistic process |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | acculturational |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | education |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | developmental learning |