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Assimilation

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Assimilation or Assimilate may refer to:

Culture

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  • 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 effect, a frequently observed bias in social cognition

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