Editing Assimilation

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'''Assimilation''' or '''Assimilate''' may refer to:

==Culture==
*[[Cultural assimilation]], the process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs
**[[Language shift]], also known as language assimilation, the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language
**[[Cultural assimilation of Native Americans]] in the United States
**[[Jewish assimilation]] refers to the gradual cultural assimilation and social integration of Jews in their surrounding culture
**[[Religious assimilation]] refers to the adoption of a majority or dominant culture's religious practices and beliefs by a minority or subordinate culture
*[[Assimilation and contrast effects|Assimilation effect]], a frequently observed bias in social cognition

*[[Assimilation (French colonial)]], an ideological basis of French colonial policy in the 19th and 20th centuries

==Science==
*[[Assimilation (biology)]] the conversion of nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption
*[[Assimilation (phonology)]], a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
*[[Data assimilation]], updating a numerical model with observed data
*[[Assimilation (psychology)]], incorporation of new concepts into existing schemes
*[[Igneous differentiation#Assimilation|Assimilation]] ([[geology]]), incorporation of external materials into a batch of magma during igneous differentiation

==Media==
*[[Assimilation (album)|''Assimilation'' (album)]], a 2001 album by Deliverance
*[[Assimilation (Star Trek)|Assimilation (''Star Trek'')]], fictional process used by the Borg race
*''[[Assimilate]]'', a 2019 sci-fi horror film
*''[[Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music]]'', a 2013 non-fiction book

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