adjective
- relating to or promoting assimilation; having the function of absorbing or incorporating
Usage: formal; technical
Examples
- The digestive system has assimilatory functions that break down nutrients.
- Cultural assimilatory processes help immigrants adapt to new societies.
- The plant’s assimilatory organs convert sunlight into energy.
- Assimilatory mechanisms in the body process foreign substances.
- The school’s assimilatory approach helped new students integrate quickly.
- Assimilatory policies were designed to merge different ethnic groups.