| assimilability | (noun) Capability of being taken in and utilized as nourishment. | - |
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| assimilable | (adjective) able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues | - |
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| assimilate | (verb) become similar to one's environment | - |
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| (verb) make similar | - |
| (verb) become similar in sound | - |
| (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, ingest, take in |
| (verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: imbibe |
| assimilating | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilative, assimilatory |
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| assimilation | (noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance | - |
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| (noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | Synonyms: acculturation |
| (noun) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound | - |
| (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: absorption |
| (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: absorption |
| (noun) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family | - |
| assimilative | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilating, assimilatory |
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| (adjective) capable of mentally absorbing | - |
| assimilator | (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: learner, scholar, student |
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| assimilatory | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilating, assimilative |
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| dissimilar | (adjective) not similar | - |
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| (adjective) not alike or similar | Synonyms: unalike |
| dissimilarity | (noun) the quality of being dissimilar | Synonyms: unsimilarity |
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| dissimilate | (verb) become dissimilar or less similar | - |
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| (verb) make dissimilar; cause to become less similar | - |
| (verb) become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities | - |
| dissimilation | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: catabolism, destructive metabolism, katabolism |
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| (noun) a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other | - |
| dissimilitude | (noun) dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness | Synonyms: unlikeness |
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| facsimile | (noun) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | Synonyms: facsimile machine, fax |
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| (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: autotype |
| (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: fax, telefax |
| pessimism | (noun) a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things | - |
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| (noun) the feeling that things will turn out badly | - |
| pessimist | (noun) a person who expects the worst | - |
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| pessimistic | (adjective) expecting the worst possible outcome | - |
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| pessimistically | (adverb) with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner | - |
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| prosimian | (noun) primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits | - |
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| simian | (adjective) relating to or resembling an ape | - |
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| (noun) an ape or monkey | - |
| similar | (adjective) marked by correspondence or resemblance | - |
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| (adjective) resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination | Synonyms: like |
| (adjective) having the same or similar characteristics | Synonyms: alike, like |
| (adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability | Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, standardised, standardized |
| (adjective) (of words) expressing closely related meanings | - |
| similarity | (noun) the quality of being similar | - |
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| (noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit | Synonyms: law of similarity |
| similarly | (adverb) in like or similar manner | Synonyms: likewise |
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| simile | (noun) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') | - |
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| similitude | (noun) a duplicate copy | Synonyms: counterpart, twin |
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| (noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | Synonyms: alikeness, likeness |
| unsimilarity | (noun) the quality of being dissimilar | Synonyms: dissimilarity |
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| verisimilar | (adjective) appearing to be true or real | - |
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| verisimilitude | (noun) the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true | - |
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