assimilative
Prone to absorbing
Assimilative describes the tendency or capacity to absorb and incorporate.
An assimilative culture absorbs immigrants into its mainstream.
An assimilative process in biology converts food into bodily tissue.
The word appears in discussions of how groups, systems, or organisms take in outside elements and make them part of themselves: The assimilative power of American society has been overstated.
Combining parts into whole
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- fusionJoining into unity
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- meldingCombining into unity
unification · amalgamation · incorporation · coalescence · homogenization · acculturation · enculturation · socialization
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- permeableAllowing substances through
- soakSaturate with liquid
- imbibeTo consume liquid
- saturateSoak to full capacity
diffuse · filter · seepage · capillary · infiltrate · percolate · absorbent · adsorb
Gaining knowledge gradually
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- internalizationAbsorbing ideas as one's own
- understandingMental comprehension of something
grasping · conceptualization · apprehension · imitation · modeling · memorization · encoding · processing
Willing to help others
- adjustableAble to be changed
- conformableWilling to accord with
- receptiveOpen to input
- amenableWilling to comply
malleable · flexible · modifiable · plastic · yielding · compliant · transformable · shapeable
synthesis
Combining parts into whole
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- fusionJoining into unity
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
melding · unification · amalgamation · incorporation · coalescence · homogenization · acculturation · enculturation · socialization · mainstreaming
osmosis
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
saturate · diffuse · filter · seepage · capillary · infiltrate · percolate · absorbent · adsorb · hygroscopic
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- internalizationAbsorbing ideas as one's own
understanding · grasping · conceptualization · apprehension · imitation · modeling · memorization · encoding · processing
accommodating
Willing to help others
- adjustableAble to be changed
- conformableWilling to accord with
- receptiveOpen to input
amenable · malleable · flexible · modifiable · plastic · yielding · compliant · transformable · shapeable · responsive
assimilativenonabsorbent
Resistant to soaking
unreceptive · impermeable · repellent · rejecting · impervious
assimilativepluralistic
Allowing coexisting differences
multicultural · segregative · separatist · differentiating · balkanizing
- forced assimilationCompelled cultural absorption
- cultural assimilationAdopting another group's norms
- immigrant assimilationNewcomers adopting local customs
- assimilation policyEnforced cultural absorption mandate
- assimilation policiesForced adoption of dominant culture
- social assimilationMerging into prevailing culture