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Noun assimilation has 6 senses

assimilation - the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
--₁ is a kind of relationship

Derived forms: verb assimilate₃, verb assimilate₂
assimilation, absorption - the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
--₂ is a kind of social process
--₂ has particulars:
Americanization, Americanisation; Europeanization, Europeanisation; Westernization, Westernisation

Derived forms: verb assimilate₃, verb assimilate₂
assimilation, absorption - the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
--₃ is a kind of organic process, biological process
--₃ has particulars: malabsorption
Derived form: verb assimilate₄
assimilation - a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
--₄ is a kind of linguistic process

Derived form: verb assimilate₅
acculturation, assimilation - the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
--₅ is a kind of education

Derived form: verb assimilate₁
assimilation - in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
--₆ is a kind of developmental learning

Derived form: verb assimilate₁