assimilation

Assimilation or Assimilate may refer to:

==Culture== Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group converts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs, abandoning their previous ones 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 Assimilation (French colonial), an ideological basis of French colonial policy in the 19th and 20th centuries