EUPEPSY Synonyms

• the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

• the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

• the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

• the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

• in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance

• the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

• the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body

• learning and coming to understand ideas and information

• inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating

• a particular style of cookery (as of a region)

• the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food

• the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

• the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life

• an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

• the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

• an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness

• an appetite for food

• bear to eat

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant