assimilationist
Americannoun
plural
assimilationistsadjective
Other Word Forms
- anti-assimilationist noun
Example Sentences
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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
Similarly, the assimilationist impulses of the Jewish founders of the Hollywood studio system tell a coherent story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
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
Though faithful to their religion, the Grossingers were midwestern Jews, low-key and assimilationist.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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