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integration

integration

55 4.1
To bring people from different races or religions into a community as equals
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən/
translation icon : integración
  • The city aims to improve integration of newcomers by providing language classes and job support.
  • social integration
  • racial integration
  • promote social integration

And she was a really steadfast proponent of civil rights and of racial integration and whatnot.

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Examples

  • NBC News will present a special program on the Alabama integration story at 7:30 p.m. tonight.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I believe in school integration, and I vote yes.

  • And it is a case when the social integration is too low.

  • The ideal policy change is to really make integration a focus of our school policy.

  • Dr. King said we would have integration.

  • I just made a speech in New York on integration.

  • Full and immediate integration of all Durham public schools.

  • We started a petition for total integration.

  • The author also examines the debate over the possible integration of traditional and scientific medicine.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Arnold's approach openly acknowledged the importance and integration of personal experience in the learning process.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

inclusion
vsintegration
65 3.7

Being part of a group, activity, or process

applies specifically to making different groups equal within society
desegregation
vsintegration
20 6.1

Ending separation between racial or religious groups so they can mix freely

focuses on bringing groups together as equal community members
assimilation
vsintegration
19 5.7

People adopting the customs and way of life of a larger group

stresses equal membership rather than losing original cultural identity
absorption
vsintegration
  • Specialized
3 6.1

A smaller cultural group becomes part of a larger group's customs

emphasizes mutual equality and equal incorporation rather than one sided merging
integrating
vsintegration
4.4

Bringing people from different races or religions into the same community

is the same meaning but used as a different grammatical form

Antonyms

segregation
  • Offensive
18 5.3

The act of separating people or things into different groups, often by law

Compounds

vertical integration
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A company that owns several production steps from raw materials to selling the product

1 4.5

A way of often putting new code into a shared place and testing it automatically

1 6.8

A company grows by buying or joining similar companies at the same business level to reduce competition

How Integrated

assimilation
19 5.7
integration
55 4.1
inclusion
65 3.7
tolerance
160 3.7

Surface Forms

integration singular
integrations plural

Morphology

integration = integrate (transparent) = integrate + ion

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the verb 'integrate' meaning 'the process of combining', matching the social sense directly.

Etymology

Integration comes from the Latin root integr found in integer, which means 'whole'. Think of bringing people into a community to make it 'whole', which is why social integration is about including different groups as equals.