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Assimilation
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Assimilation is the process by which a minority group takes on the dominant culture's characteristics, typically without a matching change in the dominant group.
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Sociologists track it by socioeconomic status, residential pattern, language, and intermarriage across generations.
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Assimilation can proceed by degrees; a group may retain some markers, such as a single yearly holiday, and lose most others.