Definition of Assimilation

Assimilation

The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.

The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.

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Assimilation Quotations

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.
Jean Piaget

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
William McKinley

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
E. L. Doctorow

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction.
Heinrich Heine

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.
Samuel P. Huntington

I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation.
Trevor Dunn

Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation.
Samuel P. Huntington

It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens.
Emanuel Celler

More than one-third of Mexicans in the United States own property in Mexico, nearly 80 percent send money home and 25 percent have a spouse in Mexico. Assimilation and becoming an American citizen are not the objective for many of them.
John Shadegg

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.
Adam Schiff

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.
David Baker

I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I don't look at sexual orientation as that big of a deal. It's just an orientation.
Chastity Bono

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.
Constantin Stanislavski

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Assimilation Translations

assimilation in French is rajustement
assimilation in German is Anpassung {f}, Angleichung {f}

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