Hyphenation of assimilation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word assimilation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

as-sim-i-la-tion

Definitions of assimilation:

1.	The state of being assimilated People of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
2.	The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
3.	The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
4.	A linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
5.	The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
6.	In the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance

Synonyms of assimilation:

noun	relationship
noun	absorption, social process
noun	absorption, organic process, biological process
noun	linguistic process
noun	acculturation, education
noun	developmental learning

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