ASSIMILATING | • assimilating v. Present participle of assimilate. • assimilating adj. That assimilates. • ASSIMILATE v. to make or be like. |
ASSIMILATION | • assimilation n. The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated. • assimilation n. The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue. • assimilation n. (By extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure. |
ASSIMILATIONISM | • assimilationism n. (Sociology) The policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into… • ASSIMILATIONISM n. a policy of assimilation, esp. of racial groups. |
ASSIMILATIONIST | • assimilationist n. (Sociology) An advocate of the policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority… • assimilationist adj. (Sociology) Of or pertaining to assimilationism; promoting or advocating assimilationism. • ASSIMILATIONIST n. a person who advocates a policy of assimilating differing racial or cultural groups. |
ASSIMILATIONS | • assimilations n. Plural of assimilation. • ASSIMILATION n. the act of assimilating. |
ASSIMILATIVE | • assimilative adj. Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation. • ASSIMILATIVE adj. of, relating to, or causing assimilation. |
ASSIMILATIVELY | • ASSIMILATIVE adv. of, relating to, or causing assimilation. |
DISASSIMILATING | • disassimilating v. Present participle of disassimilate. • DISASSIMILATE v. to subject to catabolism. |
DISASSIMILATION | • disassimilation n. (Obsolete, biochemistry) catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy). • disassimilation n. The act of becoming less assimilated or integrated, particularly of ethnic groups. • DISASSIMILATION n. the act of disassimilating, subjecting to catabolism. |
DISASSIMILATIVE | • disassimilative adj. (Physiology) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation. • DISASSIMILATIVE adj. relating to the act of dissimilation, subjecting to catabolism. |
DISSIMILATING | • dissimilating v. Present participle of dissimilate. • DISSIMILATE v. to undergo dissimilation. |
DISSIMILATION | • dissimilation n. The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar. • dissimilation n. (Phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar, resulting… • dissimilation n. Misspelling of dissimulation. |
DISSIMILATIONS | • dissimilations n. Plural of dissimilation. • DISSIMILATION n. the change or omission of one of two identical or closely related sounds in a word. |
DISSIMILATIVE | • dissimilative adj. Pertaining to, modifying by, showing dissimilation. • DISSIMILATIVE adj. serving to dissimilate, make dissimilar, also DISSIMILATORY. |
MALASSIMILATION | • malassimilation n. Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of food. • malassimilation n. An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the bloodstream. • MALASSIMILATION n. imperfect assimilation or nutrition. |
SIMILATIVE | • similative adj. Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. • similative n. (Grammar) A grammatical case expressing similarity. • SIMILATIVE adj. indicating likeness or resemblance. |