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Assimilation

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in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance

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the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

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a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

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the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

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the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

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the state of being assimilated

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Variants

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absorptionacculturation
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Assimilations
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Assimilation's
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Assimilations'