What is Assimilation?

Answer 1

Assimilation has many applications:

• In linguistics, assimilation is a process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
• Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing customs and culture.
• In sociology, assimilation is the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society
• Language assimilation is a progressive process by which a language shifts to speaking another language.
• The conversion of nutrients into the fluid or solid substance of the body through the processes of digestion and absorption is biological assimilation.
• Assimilation in psychology is the incorporation of new concepts into existing schemes

Assimilation is to integrate something seamlessly into something, such as a person into a new culture.

Answer 2

An assimilation is an act of being assimilated or of assimilating, incorporating or absorbing something.