different between assimilation vs westernization

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assimilatio. Synchronically analysable as assimilate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?m??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

assimilation (countable and uncountable, plural assimilations)

1. The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
2. The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
3. (by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
5. (phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs.
6. (sociology, cultural studies) The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.

Derived terms

• (phonology): regressive assimilation, anticipatory assimilation, progressive assimilation, perseverative assimilation

Translations

See also

• liaison
• mutation
• rendaku
• sandhi

Anagrams

• Islamisation

Danish

Noun

assimilation c (singular definite assimilationen, plural indefinite assimilationer)

1. assimilation
2. (linguistics) assimilation
3. (sociology) assimilation

Declension

Coordinate terms

• (sociology): pluralistisk integration, segregation

Derived terms

• tvangsassimilation

Further reading

• “assimilation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

assimiler +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.si.mi.la.sj??/

Noun

assimilation f (plural assimilations)

1. (phonology) assimilation

   Antonym: dissimilation

Derived terms

• assimilation progressive
• assimilation régressive

Further reading

• “assimilation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• westernisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

western +? -ization

Noun

westernization (countable and uncountable, plural westernizations)

1. The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.

Translations