assimilation
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5.7
- noun
- /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃən/
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asimilación
- America is a country based on ideas, based on assimilation to a certain way of life.
- cultural assimilation
- acculturation and assimilation
- social assimilation
The moment you stop physically doing the covenant and the religious things, assimilation comes in.
- The moment you stop physically doing the covenant and the religious things, assimilation comes in.
- But to tell you the truth, it is not a reconquest, but it is not full assimilation.
- What was to follow was, you know, assimilation and colonization right into American Society.
- And one of the roles of this is facilitating the patient's assimilation into a community outside of this room.
- I have a feeling that people only conflict ethnically once you have cultural assimilation.
- I mean, it seems to be deeply connected to that assimilation process.
- And for them, assimilation was something that they they didn't teach me their languages.
Examples
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Cultural assimilation often occurs when minority groups adopt the customs of the dominant society.
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As a true progressive, Kellor stressed the importance of citizenship, assimilation, and civic participation by immigrants.
Academic text (2008) -
Very, very fast assimilation that a lot of people lose their identity.
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We have to have assimilation to have a country.
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I mean, it seems to be deeply connected to that assimilation process.
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And then came the federal government with all of the policies of assimilation and taking the children off to boarding school and so on.
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And one of the roles of this is facilitating the patient's assimilation into a community outside of this room.
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The importance of ritual in the assimilation of major events should not, I thought, be underestimated.
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The Americanization movement in the past was a manifestation of a broader social demand for assimilation to American norms.
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Within two or three generations of immigration, their ethnic identities are attenuated by cultural assimilation and intermarriage.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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4.1
To bring people from different races or religions into a community as equals
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4.7
Learning the ways and rules of a group or society
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6.1
A smaller cultural group becomes part of a larger group's customs
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8.2
Adopting the customs and daily life of another culture
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9.3
Learning a culture's values and ways, often starting in childhood
The process of learning and taking on the customs and values of a community
Bringing people from different races or religions into the same community
Antonyms
- Offensive
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5.3
The act of separating people or things into different groups, often by law
Compounds
- Specialized
Small amounts of gas or liquid stick to a solid surface and form a thin layer
How Integrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
assimilation = assimilate (transparent) = assimilate + ion
Clearly formed from 'assimilate' (to absorb/integrate) plus '-ion'; the social meaning 'becoming part of a larger culture' directly follows.
Etymology
Assimilation comes from an old Latin verb made of ad- 'to' and similis 'similar', like the English word similar. For people, it means newcomers or groups start to adopt the larger group's ways and become more like them, so they 'fit in' or become similar to the society around them.