Synonyms 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

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1. • Developmental Learning
   • Education
   • Linguistic Process
   • Relationship
   • Social Process

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1. List of paraphrases for "assimilation":

   uptake, absorption, take-up

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How to use assimilation in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. John Cooper:

   Given the threat that we found in the 1.5 generation, more needs to be done in the U.S. assimilation process, we ca n’t vet an 8-year-old to see if he will become a terrorist when he turns 18 or 28. Instead, we as a country need to rethink the way we assimilate refugees, and immigrants as a whole for that matter.

3. The Pope:

   I ask forgiveness, in particular, for the ways in which many members of the Church and of religious communities cooperated, not least through their indifference, in projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation promoted by the governments of that time, which culminated in the system of residential schools.

4. 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.

5. 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.