assimilationist

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An advocate of the policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority…

   An advocate of the policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into a mainstream culture.

   • Spanish-language education is not favored by assimilationist parents of Latino children in the US.
   • To the assimilationists, American Jews have not merely acculturated — they have assimilated.
   • The conflict between melting-pot assimilationists and cultural pluralists betrays a fundamental uncertainty about the meaning of American nationhood, and about the role ethnicity plays in it.
2. 2

   Of or pertaining to assimilationism

   Of or pertaining to assimilationism; promoting or advocating assimilationism.

   • Shortly after Chiang Kaishek came to power, however, the GMD^([Guomindang]) once again withdrew its support for self-determination and pursued a more assimilationist strategy.
   • SCP^([Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands]) was also more explicitly involved in advocating a more assimilationist approach in this period.

The neighborhood

• synonymintegrationist