assimilation

Definition
(noun) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family Definition
(noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another Definition
(noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion Definition
(noun) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound Definition
(noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure Definition
(noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance