Antonyms for assimilation
əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən; ˈgræm pɑas·sim·i·la·tion

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1. assimilationnoun

   the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

   Synonyms:
   acculturation, absorption

2. assimilation, absorptionnoun

   the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, concentration, engrossment, absorption, acculturation, preoccupation, immersion, soaking up

3. assimilation, absorptionnoun

   the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, concentration, engrossment, absorption, acculturation, preoccupation, immersion, soaking up

4. assimilationnoun

   a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

   Synonyms:
   acculturation, absorption

5. acculturation, assimilationnoun

   the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

   Synonyms:
   enculturation, culture, acculturation, socialization, socialisation, absorption

6. assimilationnoun

   in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance

   Synonyms:
   acculturation, absorption

How to use assimilation in a sentence?

1. Matt Flynn:

   Our party right now, and I’m probably the only one who says this, is pickled in identity politics and victimology, when I was at the convention recently, in Oshkosh, there were multiple caucuses of, there were all these subgroups, and there is no assimilation of the party anymore.

2. Mark Holden:

   All the students agreed with her that assimilation is oppressive and evil, i suggested there are both positive and negative aspects to assimilation.

3. Jesse Eisenberg:

   What the play does discuss is kind of generational strife. My character is third generation American and I think he feels the kind of laziness of assimilation, kunal's character is a new immigrant from Nepal and struggling to make it in an exclusive world of ... privilege that he is not a part of. The play discusses those themes and how my character, in a way, has lost his meaning because he doesn't have to struggle.

4. Interior Ministry:

   At the moment the cell was broken up, its members were fully radicalized and in a phase of total assimilation and commitment to the terrorist ideology -- demonstrating their full disposition to carry out an attack in Madrid.

5. Mahatma Gandhi:

   Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

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