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The process of blending in until no one remembers you stood out.
means The process by which a person, group, or idea gradually takes on the characteristics of a larger surrounding culture or system, often losing distinct features in the process.
from From Latin assimilare — 'to make similar,' built from ad- ('toward') plus similis ('like, similar'), the same root that gives us 'similar' and 'simile.' The word entered English through French in the late medieval period, first used for digestion — the body 'assimilating' food into its own substance — before extending to minds absorbing ideas and, later, cultures absorbing peoples. The biological sense never fully left: assimilation has always been about something foreign being broken down and made to match the body that consumes it.
- borg catchphrase
- resistance is futile, said the aliens first
- melting pot myth
- real cultures simmer, they rarely fully melt
- piaget's term
- fitting new info into old mental molds
- two-way street
- host cultures absorb spice too, quietly