in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance | a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) |
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption |
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound | a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) |
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries |
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | |
the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family | |