assimilative

Also as·sim·i·la·to·ry

[uh-sim-uh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv]

adjective

1. characterized by assimilation; assimilating.

Other Word Forms

• assimilativeness noun
• nonassimilative adjective
• nonassimilatory adjective
• unassimilative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of assimilative¹

From the Medieval Latin word assimilātīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See assimilate, -ive

Example Sentences

Some community members who attended the school in the 1980s — after it abandoned assimilative measures and embraced Lakota language and culture — have fond memories of the experience.

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The anarchic image, in which a swarming multitude falls back from the camera almost out of sight, summons both Coney’s assimilative energies and the tumultuous disorder of Huneker’s human ants.

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The published correspondence of the two men prove that Wagner studied the manuscripts of Liszt's symphonic poems carefully, and, as we must acknowledge, with wonderful assimilative discrimination.

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In philosophy there has been a remarkable increase of activity, partly assimilative or eclectic and partly original.

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Vast, eupeptic, assimilative, generous, adaptable, the Chief Justice typifies the American people in its more permanent characteristics.

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