Cultural assimilation by substitution is when the subordinate group abandons their cultural practices and takes up those of the dominant group. According to Gordon's Theory of Assimilation Subprocesses, cultural assimilation occurs most rapidly. Cultural assimilation by addition is when the subordinate group keeps most of its own heritage and also adopts some from the dominant group. In this type of cultural assimilation, the subordinate group remains distinguishable.

Secondary structural assimilation refers to equal-status relationships between subordinate and dominant group members in the public sphere, such as relationships with people at work, in schools, in commercial transactions, at political meetings, and in places of public recreations. Primary structural assimil

When members of the dominant and subordinate group share the view that they are part of the same ethnic group, identificational assimilation is complete. Identificational assimilation is the fifth subprocess of assimilation and can only be completed after marital assimilation.

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