assimilationist
- noun
- /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃənɪst/
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asimilacionista
- In one of the few articles on multicultural gifted education, Kitano (1991) noted that gifted programs continue to espouse assimilationist rather than pluralist approaches to cultural diversity.
Examples
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Assimilationists advocate the relinquishment of minority students' principal culture.
Academic text (1996) -
The group's assimilationist stance garnered both support and criticism from various community members.
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Of course, Russian-speaking leaders criticized this policy narrative as assimilationist.
Academic text (2008) -
Proponents or assimilationists seek the abdication of a diverse student's primary culture, which is often perceived as deficient or inferior.
Academic text (1996) -
Two major societal goals are viewed as highly desirable by assimilationists: (a) integration, where all racial/ethnic groups have equal access to education, jobs, housing, opportunities, and social relationships; and (b) acculturation, where diverse racial/ethnic groups eventually come to share a common "American" culture (Hraba, 1979).
Academic text (1992) -
Many assimilationists believe that integrating diverse cultures leads to a stronger society.
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As an assimilationist, she advocated for policies that help immigrants adapt to their new country.
Synonyms
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A person who works to bring different racial or social groups together
A person who works to bring separate groups together
Antonyms
How Assimilationist
Surface Forms
Morphology
assimilationist = assimilation (transparent) = assimilation + ist
The noun is directly formed by adding the agentive/relational suffix '-ist' to 'assimilation', making it predictable for learners familiar with the base.
Etymology
Assimilationist as a noun joins assimilate ('to make similar') with the ending -ist, which means 'person who does something', as in artist. So an assimilationist is a person who wants different groups to become more similar or to join one common culture.