assimilator

American  

[uh-sim-uh-layt-er] / əˈsɪm əˌleɪt ər /

noun

plural

assimilators

1. a person or thing that takes in or absorbs.

2. a person or thing that has the effect of assimilating people to a dominant set of attitudes, customs, etc.

3. a person who assimilates or adapts to a dominant set of attitudes, customs, etc., especially one who does so readily or easily.

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Example Sentences

“I think of America, the great assimilator, as a rubber band, but with this — we’re at the breaking point,” she said in the interview.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2022

He is an able student and assimilator without seeming studied.

From New York Times • May 27, 2015

This impromptu adventure did not thrill my parents, but, I figured, what better way to explore the spirit of one of the Western world’s most condensed cities than through sports, the great assimilator?

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2012

Musically he was an adroit assimilator of styles.

From Time Magazine Archive

No wonder then that when the Seminary was opened in 1826, Stern refused to accept the post of director which had been offered to him, and yielded his place to Anton Eisenbaum, a radical assimilator.

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.