assimilationist
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At the heart of the discussion, she said, is whether Quebec sees itself "as a multicultural society" or one that is more "assimilationist".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
The essence of our assimilationist mindset is seen in “outreach,” “interfaith” programs and pleas to entertainment and journalism to “change the narrative.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Roberto José Andrade Franco retells the saga of Oscar De La Hoya versus Julio Cesar Chávez, landing less on the side of the former than pointing out the assimilationist façade of the Golden Boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025
Such communes, which rejected both straight society and a gay movement that they saw as consumerist and assimilationist, peppered late 1970s and early 1980s America.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
In general the parents seem assimilationist and very “all-American” in their outlook, but the presence of this deeper ethnic identity should not be overlooked.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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