assimilation

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Synonyms: assibilation, assimulation, dissimilation, assimilating, assimilator, assimilative, assimilations, deassimilation, reassimilation

Antonyms: assibilation, assimulation, dissimilation, assimilating, assimilator, assimilative, assimilations, deassimilation, reassimilation

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Noun

1. The act of [[assimilate|assimilating]] or the state of being [[assimilate|assimilated]].
2. The [[metabolic]] [[conversion]] of [[nutrient]]s into [[tissue]].
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} The [[absorption]] of new ideas into an existing [[cognitive]] structure.
4. {{senseid|en|phonology}}{{lb|en|phonology}} A [[sound change]] process by which the [[phonetics]] of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of [[phoneme]] occurs.
5. {{lb|en|sociology|cultural studies}} The [[adoption]], by a [[minority]] group, of the [[custom]]s and [[attitude]]s of the [[dominant]] [[culture]].

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