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Definition of Assimilationism
1. Noun. The policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into a mainstream culture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assimilationism
1. [n -S]
Literary usage of Assimilationism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Struggling for Ethnic Identity by Gyorgy Feher, Holly Cartner, Lois Whitman (1993)
"... aggressive assimilationism, its paternalist absolutism and proselytization of
the inferiority of the "Gypsy" way of life and values, ..."
2. Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for edited by Ada-Helen Bayer, Frances L. Brisbane, Amelie Ramirez, Leonard G. Epstein (1998)
"... consciousness" movements—by appealing to other more seemingly social structural
perspectives such as assimilationism, capitalism, and neo-Marxism. ..."
3. Scrolls: Essays on Jewish History and Literature, and Kindred Subjects by Gotthard Deutsch (1917)
"... as possible to impress the leading circles with the fundamental article of
assimilationism that a Jew is not different from his fellow citizens. ..."
4. A Guide to Zionism edited by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1920)
"And when in its gradual growth it attracted the idealists among those who had
matured under the influence of American Jewish assimilationism, these converts ..."
5. Teacher Education and the Challenge of Diversity in South Africaby Crispin Hemson by Crispin Hemson (2007)
"In assimilationism, approaches to diversity revolve around ways in which diversity
is not recognised and diversity is normalised in terms of cultural ..."
6. Perspectives on Affirmative Action and Its Impact on Asian Pacific Americans edited by Gena A. Lew (1996)
"If the employee could not adapt to the corporate culture and volatile change and
increasing competition, assimilationism stifles innovation and risk-taking, ..."
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