Synonyms for absorption
æbˈsɔrp ʃən, -ˈzɔrp-ab·sorp·tion

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1. absorption, soaking upnoun

   (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, assimilation, concentration, engrossment, preoccupation, immersion, soaking up

2. absorptionnoun

   (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

   "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, preoccupancy, soaking up, preoccupation, assimilation, concentration, immersion

3. assimilation, absorptionnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, assimilation, concentration, engrossment, acculturation, preoccupation, immersion, soaking up

4. assimilation, absorptionnoun

   the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, assimilation, concentration, engrossment, acculturation, preoccupation, immersion, soaking up

5. concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersionnoun

   complete attention; intense mental effort

   Synonyms:
   immersion, dousing, submersion, submerging, ingress, assiduousness, preoccupancy, soaking up, ducking, assiduity, denseness, preoccupation, compactness, concentration, engrossment, intentness, assimilation, tightness, density, submergence

6. preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossmentnoun

   the mental state of being preoccupied by something

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, assimilation, concentration, engrossment, intentness, preoccupation, immersion, soaking up

Matched Categories

1. • Attention
   • Cognitive State
   • Natural Process
   • Organic Process
   • Physics
   • Social Process

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1. absorptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   absorbing

2. absorptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, occupation, engagement, immersion

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1. absorptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   imbibition, engrossment

   Associated words:
   sorbefacient

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1. List of paraphrases for "absorption":

   uptake, absorptive, intake, absorbance, absorbency, dissipation, adsorption, take-up, removals, assimilation, takeover, removal

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. absorption

   Synonyms:
   Histology Direct staining,, Immunology Agglutinin absorption

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1. Sir V Pritchett:

   There is nothing like a coup de foudre and absorption in family responsibility for maturing the male and pulling his scattered wits together.

2. Alyssa Dweck:

   I’ve heard of the practice of putting alcohol on a tampon and putting it into the vagina for advanced absorption and getting a buzz off of that, i would say that sounds like it would be horribly uncomfortable and can cause damage to the vaginal mucousso I definitely wouldn’t advise that.

3. John Brick:

   Eating food loaded with protein and carbohydrates can significantly slow down the absorption of alcohol, the slower the alcohol gets to your brain, the less rapid the ‘ shock ’ to your brain.

4. Rob Chilcott:

   The skin is not a perfect barrier and so absorption of small amounts of chemicals from sunscreens( and indeed other skin care products such as cosmetics) is to be expected, this does not mean that sunscreen products are unsafe to use, but that appropriate safety tests need to be performed by manufacturers.

5. Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness:

   The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe the thing that appears to him of most importance is that he himself should be virtuous. It is a grave defect in certain forms of traditional religion that they have encouraged this particular kind of self-absorption.