assimilation

Example Sentences

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They sought to accelerate the acculturation and assimilation of the many immigrants into one people, which, as the Massachusetts political and literary figure Fisher Ames pointed out, meant, “to use the modern jargon, nationalized.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The juggling act of public assimilation and a home made of entirely different food and traditions is in her bones.

From Los Angeles Times

Grandma — we cousins called her that among ourselves instead of Abuelita because, assimilation — left everyone a legacy of love, hard work, faith and rancho libertarian smarts.

From Los Angeles Times

But as Jeremy O. Harris’ stage hit “Slave Play” has reminded us in recent years, heated arguments about fetishism, assimilation and otherness aren’t at all abstract when it comes to dating interracially.

From Los Angeles Times

There were generations who were legally barred from sharing their songs, dances and prayers, in an era of federally mandated assimilation.

From Seattle Times