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assimilation

[uh-sim-uh-ley-shuhn] / əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən /




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But critics believe this new law will cement Xi's push toward assimilation.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

In this long history of forced English-language assimilation, Puerto Rico remains an outlier.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

But a time jump, moving from a shtetl during World War I to 1930s Warsaw, pushes the film into more unexpected territory, as it encompasses issues of immigration, adoption and assimilation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

That was due in part to assimilation of the Ashkenazi population -- forced and otherwise -- in the Soviet Union, the United States and Israel, where Hebrew is the official language.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

So they do not realize that while one suffers a diminished sense of private individuality by becoming assimilated into public society, such assimilation makes possible the achievement of public individuality.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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