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assimilationist
Variant of assimilationism
assimilationism
definition
as·simi·la·tion·ism (-iz′əm)
noun
the policy of completely absorbing minority cultural groups into the main cultural body, esp. by intermarriage
Related Forms:
- assimilationist as·sim′i·la′·tion·ist noun
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