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Look up assimilation or assimilate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Assimilation or Assimilate may refer to: Cultural assimilation, the process whereby
Assimilation
Social process or ideology
Jewish assimilation refers either to the gradual cultural assimilation and social integration of Jews in their surrounding culture or to an ideological
Jewish_assimilation
Adoption of features of another culture
cultural assimilation, including full assimilation and forced assimilation. Full assimilation is common, as it occurs spontaneously. Assimilation can also
Cultural_assimilation
US policy towards the Philippines during occupation
Benevolent assimilation refers to a policy of the United States towards the Philippines as described in a proclamation by US president William McKinley
Benevolent_assimilation
Method in computer modeling
Data assimilation refers to a large group of methods that update information from numerical computer models with information from observations. Data assimilation
Data_assimilation
Phenomenon in linguistics
In phonology, assimilation is a sound change in which some phonemes (typically consonants or vowels) change to become more similar to other nearby sounds
Assimilation_(phonology)
Involuntary cultural assimilation of minority groups
Forced assimilation is the involuntary cultural assimilation of religious or ethnic minority groups, during which they are forced by a government to adopt
Forced_assimilation
Mechanism which genetically encodes phenotypes through evolutionary processes
Genetic assimilation is a process described by Conrad H. Waddington by which a phenotype originally produced in response to an environmental condition
Genetic_assimilation
Adoption of a dominant culture's religion
Religious assimilation refers to the adoption of a majority or dominant culture's religious practices and beliefs by a minority or subordinate culture
Religious_assimilation
Incorporation of sulfur into living organisms
Sulfur assimilation is the process by which living organisms incorporate sulfur into their biological molecules. In plants, sulfate is absorbed by the
Sulfur_assimilation
Fictional faction in Star Trek
knowledge of other alien species to the Collective through the process of "assimilation": forcibly transforming individual beings into "drones" by injecting
Borg
Biological processes to supply organisms and cells with organic and inorganic nutrients
In biology, assimilation is a crucial metabolic process in which absorbed nutrients are transformed into complex biomolecules, that become an integral
Assimilation_(biology)
Organizational assimilation is a process in which new members of an organization integrate into the organizational culture. This concept, proposed by Fredric
Organizational_assimilation
Movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native
origin matters for speed and depth of immigrant assimilation, but that there is considerable assimilation overall for both first- and second-generation
Immigration
1800s–1900s French colonial policy principle
Assimilation was a major ideological component of French colonialism. The concept of assimilation in French colonial discourse was based on the idea of
Assimilation (French colonialism)
Assimilation_(French_colonialism)
Cognitive biases
evaluate stimuli based on contextual information. The assimilation effect, also known as assimilation bias, occurs when people judge something as closer
Assimilation and contrast effects
Assimilation_and_contrast_effects
Indigenous people of Northern Europe
and targeted the Sámi with Scandinavization policies aimed at forced assimilation from the 19th century.[citation needed] Before the era of forced Scandinavization
Sámi_people
Ryukyuan assimilation policies are a series of practices aimed at the Ryukyuan people with the intent of assimilating them into Japanese culture and identity
Ryukyuan assimilation policies
Ryukyuan_assimilation_policies
Talysh people were subjected to forced assimilation policy in Azerbaijan SSR. The policy was carried out jointly with the creation and propagation of the
Forced assimilation of Talysh people in Azerbaijan
Forced_assimilation_of_Talysh_people_in_Azerbaijan
Organic nitrogen from inorganic nitrogen
Nitrogen assimilation is the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the environment. Organisms
Nitrogen_assimilation
Assimilation of minorities in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has had a deliberate policy of forced assimilation of ethnic minorities or Azerbaijanization since Soviet times (Azerbaijan SSR) and up to the
Forced assimilation in Azerbaijan
Forced_assimilation_in_Azerbaijan
1982 book by Stuart Creighton Miller
Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903 is a nonfiction book documenting the history of the Philippine–American War
Benevolent Assimilation (book)
Benevolent_Assimilation_(book)
Change of a community's language over time
shift, also known as language transfer, language replacement or language assimilation, is the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language
Language_shift
reactions have varied, with its actions being described as the forced assimilation of Xinjiang, as ethnocide or cultural genocide, or as genocide. Those
Persecution of Uyghurs in China
Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China
Acquisition or imposition of elements of Vietnamese culture
conducted several assimilations; on one hand, this was done to the Tai and Hmong tribes within the country; on the other hand, ethnic assimilation was forced
Vietnamization (cultural assimilation)
Vietnamization_(cultural_assimilation)
century, European Canadians (and the Canadian government) encouraged assimilation of Indigenous culture into what was referred to as "Canadian culture
Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada
Ethnic group in Japan and Russia
subject to forced assimilation during the Japanese colonization of Hokkaido since at least the 18th century. Japanese assimilation policies in the 19th
Ainu_people
American sociologist (1918–2019)
He was most noted for having devised a theory on the Seven Stages of Assimilation. He was born in Gardiner, Maine. Gordon died on June 4, 2019, at the
Milton_Gordon
Jewish far-right organization in Israel
Assimilation in the Holy Land) is an Israeli far-right and Jewish supremacist organization based in Israel that strictly opposes Jewish assimilation,
Lehava
Ethnic group
government of President Getúlio Vargas initiated a process of forced assimilation of people of immigrant origin in Brazil. The Constitution of 1934 had
Japanese_Brazilians
Henry Knox were first to propose, in the American context, the cultural assimilation of Native Americans. They formulated a policy to encourage the so-called
Cultural assimilation of Native Americans
Cultural_assimilation_of_Native_Americans
Centralized government policies designed to foster language shift and cultural assimilation, as well as continued contact with the colonizers through trade, inter-marriage
Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples
Ethnic group
been Bulgarian before its conversion or assimilation during the period of Ottoman rule. Thus, the assimilation was supposedly justified by it being a restoration
Bulgarian_Turks
Americans of Mexican ancestry
standard spatial assimilation model. More contemporary models are the polarization model and the diffusion model: The spatial assimilation model posits that
Mexican_Americans
Comedy web series about video games
convention, FreakZone announced a sequel, Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation, originally due for release in Winter 2015, but delayed to March 29,
Angry_Video_Game_Nerd
Theory that discusses human intelligence from an epistemological perspective
functions: assimilation and accommodation. Through his study of the field of education, Piaget focused on two processes, which he named assimilation and accommodation
Piaget's theory of cognitive development
Piaget's_theory_of_cognitive_development
Theory of knowledge
internalized structures developed by learners. He identified processes of assimilation and accommodation as crucial in this interaction, as individuals construct
Constructivism (philosophy of education)
Constructivism_(philosophy_of_education)
Phonetic sound change
(dogs). This type of assimilation is called progressive, where the second consonant assimilates to the first; regressive assimilation goes in the opposite
Consonant voicing and devoicing
Consonant_voicing_and_devoicing
Ethnic group
Romani assimilation is of the Romani Crimean Tatars. Several independent waves of Romani people undertook complete or near-complete assimilation into the
Romani_people
Oceanic reanalysis data set consisting of gridded state variables for the global ocean
The Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) analysis is an oceanic reanalysis data set consisting of gridded state variables for the global ocean, as well
Simple Ocean Data Assimilation
Simple_Ocean_Data_Assimilation
Sounds and pronunciation of the Hungarian language
this kind of assimilation. When the first consonant is nasal, the partial palatal assimilation is a form of the nasal place assimilation (see above).
Hungarian_phonology
Minority group in Iraq
‹ The template Infobox ethnic group is being considered for merging. › Shabaks (Arabic: الشبك, Kurdish: شەبەک, romanized: Şebek) are a group native to
Shabaks
Brazilian person of ethnic German ancestry or origin
The average German Brazilian attached little importance to cultural assimilation; however, there was a group of immigrants who delivered speeches and
German_Brazilians
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
the historian Thomas Britten. Lincoln's policies largely focused on assimilation of Native Americans and diminishing tribal landholdings, consistent with
Abraham_Lincoln
Type of noun referring to collections as a unit
A collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind
Collective_noun
Series of interconnected biochemical reactions
Biological carbon fixation, or carbon assimilation, is the process by which living organisms convert inorganic carbon (particularly carbon dioxide, CO2)
Biological_carbon_fixation
Acts of genocide committed against Indigenous peoples in Canada
segregation, nutrition experiments, physical violence, and compulsory cultural assimilation programs. Canada is a settler-colonial nation whose initial economy relied
Canadian genocide of Indigenous peoples
Canadian_genocide_of_Indigenous_peoples
theories on the cultural assimilation of second-generation immigrants have been proposed. The theory of segmented assimilation for second-generation immigrants
Second-generation immigrants in the United States
Second-generation_immigrants_in_the_United_States
Country mainly in West Asia
of Hellenization. For indigenous elites, this amounted to the forced assimilation of native religion and culture to Greek models. It met resistance in
Turkey
American television series season
17, 2022). "Review: 'Star Trek: Picard' Goes Back To The Future In "Assimilation"". TrekMovie.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved
Star_Trek:_Picard_season_2
United States weather agency
The United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) delivers national and global weather, water, climate, and space weather guidance
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
National_Centers_for_Environmental_Prediction
Political party in India
scientist Christophe Jaffrelot wrote that this proved to be impossible assimilation. The state and local levels of the Jana Sangh remained relatively unchanged
Bharatiya_Janata_Party
Country in East Asia
Korea was under Japanese rule. What followed was a period of forced assimilation, in which Korean language, culture, and history were suppressed. This
North_Korea
Country primarily in Western Europe
suffering from high unemployment rates. The government had a policy of assimilation of immigrants, where they were expected to adhere to French values and
France
Country in North Africa
through moderate, French-educated Jeunes Algériens, who demanded genuine assimilation and equal rights. World War I proved transformative: Algerians fought
Algeria
Norse seafarers, merchants and raiders
was founded in Scandinavia, at Lund, Scania, then part of Denmark. The assimilation of the nascent Scandinavian kingdoms into the cultural mainstream of
Vikings
Forced relocation and ethnic cleansing of the southeastern Native American tribes
political activist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote an account of Cherokee assimilation into the American culture, declaring his support of the Worcester decision
Trail_of_Tears
Island country in the Caribbean
culture's making-of as a relative success in the acculturation and cultural assimilation of African slaves slightly diminished African cultural influence in comparison
Dominican_Republic
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
movement known as the Second Sophistic (1st–3rd century AD) promoted the assimilation of Greek and Roman social, educational, and esthetic values. Literate
Roman_Empire
Season of television series
for "Blips & Chitz" with Rick making an appearance. 14 3 "Auto Erotic Assimilation" Bryan Newton Ryan Ridley August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09) 1.94 Rick attempts
Rick_and_Morty_season_2
Data item stored in a browser by a website
languages, collection of much more esoteric parameters is possible. Assimilation of such information into a single string constitutes a device fingerprint
HTTP_cookie
Academic journal
development, data assimilation, model validation, and relevant case studies. This includes papers on numerical techniques and data assimilation techniques that
Monthly_Weather_Review
Ethnoreligious group
force, ceasing to practice Judaism and losing their Jewish identity. Assimilation took place in all areas, and during all time periods, with some Jewish
Jews
conquest, and the indigenous peoples were subjected to reverse cultural assimilation, unlike the Scandinavian and more western neighbors, which have become
Culture_of_Russia
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
and opposed Jefferson's assimilation policies. Historian Bernard Sheehan argues that Jefferson believed that assimilation was best for American Indians
Thomas_Jefferson
Gender identity differing from sex assigned at birth
S2CID 216073926. Stryker 2008a. Varner, Eric (2008). "Transcending Gender: Assimilation, Identity, and Roman Imperial Portraits". Memoirs of the American Academy
Transgender
Jewish diaspora of Central Europe
Ashkenazi Jewry until the Holocaust. The answer to why there was so little assimilation of Jews in central and eastern Europe for so long would seem to lie in
Ashkenazi_Jews
Romance language
which in syllable-final position lose their contrast and are subject to assimilation to a following consonant; (2) three voiceless stops and the affricate
Spanish_language
Forced or promoted return of non-European immigrants
from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture. Advocates of remigration promote the concept in
Remigration
Systematic endeavour to gain knowledge
during the Golden Age of India and Islamic Golden Age. The recovery and assimilation of Greek works and Islamic inquiries into Western Europe during the Renaissance
Science
Biological process to convert light into chemical energy
(irradiance) and temperature on the rate of carbon assimilation. At constant temperature, the rate of carbon assimilation varies with irradiance, increasing as the
Photosynthesis
occur as allophones of /v/, /k/, /t͡ʃ/ and /t͡s/ respectively due to assimilation of voice. Moreover, affricates can phonetically occur at morpheme boundaries
Czech_phonology
Country in Southeast Europe
authorities promoted creating new Serb settlements in Kosovo as well as the assimilation of Albanians into Serbian society, causing a mass exodus of Albanians
Kosovo
second component is the 'Unit Leaf Rate' (ULR), which is also termed 'Net Assimilation Rate' (NAR). This variable indicates the rate of biomass increase per
Plant_growth_analysis
Biblical figure and Israelite monarch
miles from Jerusalem, was taken over by a Judahite community by peaceful assimilation and transformed from a village into a central town at some point in the
David
Indigenous peoples of the United States
government policies. Into the 20th century, these policies focused on forced assimilation. When the United States was established, Native American tribes were
Native Americans in the United States
Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
Country in South America
more favourable circumstances, Indian immigrants were subjected to less assimilation, and they preserved more aspects of Indian culture, such as religion
Guyana
Destruction of Indigenous Australian peoples and their cultures
families (now known as the Stolen Generations), and policies of forced assimilation as genocidal. When Britain established its first Australian colony in
Genocide of Indigenous Australians
Genocide_of_Indigenous_Australians
Play by Sanaz Toossi premiered in 2022
Toossi. The play explores themes of language, identity, and cultural assimilation, set in an English-language classroom in Karaj, Iran, in 2008. The play
English_(play)
Regional form of the Hindu deity Mahavishnu
could be only further misled away from the truth in kali yuga. This assimilation and the consequent "disingenuous interpretation" or rationale for his
Jagannath
Monocultural metaphor
in Israel Zangwill's 1908 play of the same name. The desirability of assimilation and the melting pot model has been rejected by proponents of multiculturalism
Melting_pot
German and American historian and philosopher (1906–1975)
("Germanized") and she later remembered: "With us from Germany, the word 'assimilation' received a 'deep' philosophical meaning. You can hardly realize how
Hannah_Arendt
Effect of learned behavior on evolution
Waddington's genetic assimilation. The Baldwin effect includes genetic accommodation, of which one type is genetic assimilation. Science historian Laurent
Baldwin_effect
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
immigrants or first-generation Americans who felt like outsiders, and assimilation was the key thought—they gravitated to black music and baseball, looking
Paul_Simon
U.S. state
each head of an Indian family. An objective of the acts was the forced assimilation of Indians into white society. Land not allotted to individual Indians
Oklahoma
Social group defined by shared traits
race, although not all ethnicities identify as racial groups. By way of assimilation, acculturation, amalgamation, language shift, intermarriage, adoption
Ethnicity
Combination of beliefs and traditions
religion are incorporated and absorbed into another. It can include assimilation of several originally discrete traditions, especially in theology and
Syncretism
Efficiency of energy transfer from one trophic level to next
combination of efficiencies relating to organismic resource acquisition and assimilation in an ecosystem. Primary production occurs in autotrophic organisms of
Ecological_efficiency
on the voicing of the final consonant, though this process of voicing assimilation may be blocked by syllable boundaries. The Serbo-Croatian vowel system
Serbo-Croatian_phonology
Two groups of Arabic consonants
Similarly, in Maltese, "the Sun" is ix-xemx (with assimilation), while "the Moon" is il-qamar (without assimilation). When followed by a sun letter, the /l/ of
Sun_and_moon_letters
Russian state from 1721 to 1917
Particularly repressive was Emperor Nicholas I, who sought the forced assimilation of Jews, from 1827 conscripted Jewish children as Cantonists in military
Russian_Empire
Light point for photosynthesis
called as compensation point. In assimilation terms, at the compensation point, the net carbon dioxide assimilation is zero. Leaves release CO2 by photorespiration
Compensation_point
result of the assimilation policies of the past and the colonial process that the Ainu were subjected to. One result of the assimilation policies has been
Colonisation_of_Hokkaido
Scientific procedure for the creation of meteorological data sets
reanalysis and climate reanalysis) is a meteorological and climate data assimilation project which aims to assimilate historical atmospheric observational
Atmospheric_reanalysis
Sound change in vowels
refer to progressive (beginning-to-end) vowel assimilation, and use umlaut to refer to regressive assimilation. The term umlaut is also used in a different
Vowel_harmony
Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean
Pérez, Germán (2018). Black people in the Canary Islands: evolution, assimilation and miscegenation (16th-17th centuries) (PDF). Anais de História de Além-Mar
Canary_Islands
1850–1930 genocide of indigenous people in Tierra del Fuego
century; by 1930 this had been reduced to about 100.[page needed] With the assimilation of many groups who later became Argentinians and Chileans, Selkʼnam territory
Selkʼnam_genocide
Capital of Karnataka, India
original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023. Vijaya B. Punekar (1974). Assimilation: A Study of North Indians in Bangalore. Popular Prakashan. p. 54.
Bengaluru
African island country in the Indian Ocean
formed marriage alliances with the tompontany, facilitating their gradual assimilation. By 600 CE, groups of these early settlers had begun clearing the forests
Madagascar
Phrase describing Jews in pre-war Germany
or pejorative phrase used to describe the extreme degree of cultural assimilation among German Jews prior to World War II and the Holocaust. Originally
More_German_than_the_Germans
ASSIMILATION
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Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Simón), Czech and Slovak (Šimon), Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Simón), Czech and Slovak (Å imon), Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name, Hebrew Shim‘on, which is probably derived from the verb sham‘a ‘to hearken’. In the Vulgate and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament, this is usually rendered Simeon. In the Greek New Testament, however, the name occurs as SimÅn, as a result of assimilation to the pre-existing Greek byname SÄ«mÅn (from sÄ«mos ‘snub-nosed’). Both Simon and Simeon were in use as personal names in western Europe from the Middle Ages onward. In Christendom the former was always more popular, at least in part because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain there was also confusion from an early date with Anglo-Scandinavian forms of Sigmund (see Siegmund), a name whose popularity was reinforced at the Conquest by the Norman form Simund.The earliest documented bearer of the surname Simon in New France came from the Saintonge region of France and was in Montreal by 1655. Another, from Paris, is recorded in Quebec City in 1659 with the secondary surname Lapointe.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly South Wales and southwestern England)
English (mainly South Wales and southwestern England) : from the medieval personal name Harry, which was the usual vernacular form of Henry, with assimilation of the consonantal cluster and regular Middle English change of -er- to -ar-.French : from the Germanic personal name Hariric, composed of the elements hari, heri ‘army’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Saranyan | ஸரநà¯à®¯à®¨Â
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Field Estate
Female
Polish
Feminine form of Polish Benedykt, BENEDYKTA means "blessed."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim, Turkish
Follower of a Spiritual Path; Passable; Unobstructed
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian
Messenger
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Herder
Girl/Female
German
Noble; Kind
Male
Hebrew
(×ֱלִיעֶזֶר) Variant spelling of Hebrew Elazar, ELIEZER means "God has helped." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a high priest son of Aaron.Â
Boy/Male
African, American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Indian, Jamaican, Teutonic
Settlement Near the Headland Settlement on a Hill; From the Headland Estate; Town on a Hill; Settlement by the River Glyme; Surname; Place Name; Near a Hill; Settlement Near the Headland; Fair; White; From
Boy/Male
Tamil
Yuyutsu | யà¯à®¯à¯à®¤à¯à®¸à¯
Eager to fight, One of the kauravas he survived the war
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n.
The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism.
n.
Assimilation.
v. i.
To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.
n.
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.
n.
The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic.
n.
One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc.
n.
A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.
n.
Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
v. t.
To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
n.
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.
a.
Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs.
n.
Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis.
v. i.
To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.
v. t.
To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
n.
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.
n.
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals.
a.
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.
n.
The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.