assimilationism

American  

[uh-sim-uh-ley-shuh-niz-uhm] / əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. the practice or policy of assimilating or encouraging the assimilation of people from all ethnic groups and cultures of origin.

   In the 1900s, some immigrants at first resisted the assimilationism of the New World.

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Other Word Forms

• assimilationist noun

Etymology

Origin of assimilationism

First recorded in 1950–55; assimilation + -ism

Example Sentences

Harold demonstrates a strain of WASP-y assimilationism that even his younger relatives can't quite get behind, including insisting that everyone embark on a formal fox hunt and then critiquing Marcus for not having the proper number of buttons on his jacket.

From Salon

Today, assimilationism is at the centre of the concept of nation.

From The Guardian

But not all queers were so fervent; many felt marriage amounted to heteronormative assimilationism.

From Slate

Many Italian colonial authorities and experts felt that assimilationism on the French model led to the loss of white prestige by encouraging the colonized to mimic their European rulers.

From Slate

While something of the showpeople’s aesthetic and energy may survive, there's no way of replicating a generation of performers who emerged in that particular time and place—midcentury overachievers raised on a blend of mainstream assimilationism and irrevocable urban ethnicity.

From Slate