assimilation
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- n the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
- n the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- n the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- n a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
- n the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
- n in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
- Aborigines taken from their families in the name of assimilation seek an apology from white Australia.
- Huntington says successful assimilation in the past is unlikely to be duplicated with today's Latin immigrants.
- For decades, Aborigines such as Archie Roach and Marie Allen were taken from their families in the name of assimilation.