reassimilating

Blending back in

Reassimilating is returning to a previous state of absorption or integration after a period of separation.

Someone reassimilating into a culture readopts its customs and norms: After years abroad, she found herself reassimilating into American life.

The term applies to immigrants returning to their homeland, former members rejoining groups, or anything being reabsorbed into a larger whole.

adaptation

readjustment

Modifying something again

reorientation · realignment · habituation · accommodation · conforming · adjusting · acculturating · recalibrating · transitioning · flexibility

integration

reintegration

Restoration to a group

resettlement · reaffiliation · reconnection · reunification · homecoming · return · reestablishment · reconciliation · rejoining · remerging

identity

selfhood

Individual identity, personhood

individuality · birthright · cultural identity · self-identification

recovery

healing

Restoration of health

renewal · rebuilding · mending · regeneration · revival · convalescence · therapeutic · trauma recovery · emotional healing · resilience

cultural

traditions

Long-established customs passed down

cultural immersion · ancestral practices · rituals · ceremonies · cultural revival

Opposites
integration vs. separation

reassimilatingseparating

Dividing into parts

segregating · dissociating · isolating · disintegrating · distancing

absorption vs. rejection

reassimilatingejecting

Forcing removal from within

rejecting · purging · banishing · exiling · casting out

Family

similar, similarity, assimilate, dissimilar, integration, assimilation, disseminate, assimilated, integrating

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