assimilation
pronunciation
How to pronounce assimilation in British English:
UK [əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn]
How to pronounce assimilation in American English:
US [əˌsɪməˈleʃən]
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- Noun:
- the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
- the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
Word Origin
- assimilation (n.)
- early 15c., "act of assimilating," from Old French assimilacion, from Latin assimilationem (nominative assimilatio) "likeness, similarity," noun of action from past participle stem of assimilare (see assimilate). Psychological sense is from 1855.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Newspaper editorials often give warning of the difficulties of assimilation .
- 2. The aztec confederacy began a campaign of conquest and assimilation .
- 3. But the leaders of many first nations have been fighting assimilation for centuries .
- 4. Greater stability promotes integration and assimilation , both of which help the country 's economy .
- 5. Should britain then abandon multiculturalism and all its works and press for more assimilation ?