assimilation

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.

The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

absorption acculturation taking naturalization alveolar americanization obstetrics agreement understanding recognition consumption conversion orientation adaptation integration

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Antonyms

fork confusion doubt ambiguity darkness exclude

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Hypernyms

education relationship biological process organic process social process linguistic process

Hyponyms

americanization anglicization anglicisation westernization anabolism Europeanization

Phrases with the word

nitrogen assimilation carbon assimilation nitrate assimilation surface assimilation obliterative assimilation food assimilation

Anagrams

Islamisation

Examples

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. William McKinley

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by friction. Heinrich Heine

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations. Jean Piaget

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society. E. L. Doctorow

Immigration without assimilation is an invasion. Bobby Jindal

By imitating the manners and the mode of life of the West, the Muslims are being gradually forced to adopt the Western moral outlook: for the imitation of outward appearance leads, by degrees, to a corresponding assimilation of the world-view responsible for that appearance. Muhammad Asad

Close letter words and terms

assimilate progressively assimilateness assimilating assimilational assimilationism assimilationist