absorption
noun
[ əbˈzɔːpʃ(ə)n ]
• the process by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.
• "the country's absorption into the Ottoman Empire"
Similar:
soaking up,
sucking up,
drawing up/in,
taking up/in,
blotting up,
mopping up,
sponging up,
sopping up,
osmosis,
incorporation,
assimilation,
integration,
appropriation,
taking in,
subsuming,
inclusion,
co-opting,
swallowing up,
reduction,
decrease,
lessening,
softening,
deadening,
cushioning,
• the state of being engrossed in something.
• "her absorption in the problems of the Third World"
Similar:
immersion,
intentness,
raptness,
involvement,
engrossment,
occupation,
engagement,
preoccupation,
captivation,
monopolization,
fascination,
enthralment,
interest,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘the swallowing up of something’): from Latin absorptio(n- ), from absorbere ‘swallow up’ (see absorb).
