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

When I think about assimilation and that aspect of the story, it comes naturally.

From Salon

Many of the works focused on themes of assimilation and colliding cultures.

From New York Times

The organization will soon release a report detailing more than 500 U.S. boarding schools that severed Indigenous children from their families in the name of assimilation.

From Seattle Times

It has also obscured numerous human rights issues that activists are trying to raise, including the forced assimilation of Tibetan children.

From BBC