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assimilationism en · NOUN

Etymology

From assimilation + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into a mainstream culture.
    • But in fact the antinomy of exceptionalism and assimilationism has been there all along, and otherwise puzzling decisions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become readily understandable when seen as moments when assimilationism was ascendant. 2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 268, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025:
    • The model of regenerative assimilationism which the Revolutionaries displayed towards the Jews was evident in regard to other groupings whose commitment to the patriotic cause was for whatever reason in doubt. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 558:

Relateds

assimilationist

Translations (2)

de Assimilationismus (the policy or practice of the assimilation into a mainstream culture) · pt assimilacionismo (the policy or practice of the assimilation into a mainstream culture)