os‧mo‧sis /ɒzˈməʊsəs, ɒzˈməʊsɪs $ ɑːzˈmoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: osmose 'osmosis' (1800-1900), from Greek osmos 'push']

1. if you learn facts or understand ideas by osmosis, you gradually learn them by hearing them often
by osmosis
Children learn new languages by osmosis.
He seems to absorb information through a process of osmosis.

2. technical the gradual process of liquid passing through a membrane
—osmotic /ɒzˈmɒtɪk $ ɑːzˈmɑː-/ adjective

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