Synonyms:
assimilation
Meaning: in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
Synonyms:
acculturation, assimilation
Meaning: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
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assimilation
Meaning: a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
Synonyms:
assimilation, absorption
Meaning: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
Synonyms:
assimilation, absorption
Meaning: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Synonyms:
assimilation
Meaning: the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
Usage examples
For what is principally intended by God in creatures is good, and this consists in assimilation to God Himself.
And the perfect assimilation of an effect to a cause is accomplished when the effect imitates the cause according to that whereby the cause produces the effect; as heat makes heat.
Nature had endowed it with a peculiarly active power of assimilation, which was probably necessary if it was to keep warm in the cold water; it needed daily its own weight in fish, and therefore had to be incessantly changing its hunting-ground.
And since knowledge is begotten according to the assimilation of the knower to the thing known, it follows that the same thing may happen to be known by several knowers; as is apparent in regard to the senses; for several see the same color, according to different likenesses.
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