Assimilation

the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

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

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

the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family