Word Type

Noun

The word "assimilation" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Yorkshire assimilation antiassimilation anticipatory assimilation assimilational assimilationism assimilationist benevolent assimilation bioassimilation disassimilation language assimilation left-to-right assimilation malassimilation nonassimilation obliterative assimilation perseverative assimilation photoassimilation progressive assimilation reassimilation regressive assimilation right-to-left assimilation

Context

cultural studies phonology sociology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

biological process developmental learning education linguistic process organic process relationship social process

Type Of (IsA)

developmental learning linguistic process organic process relationship social process

Related Terms

acculturation liaison mutation rendaku sandhi

Related Terms

absorption adoption assimilate attitude cognitive conversion culture custom dominant metabolic minority nutrient phoneme phonetics sound change tissue

Synonym Network

acculturation takeover

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