assimilationist
Favors cultural blending
An assimilationist favors the absorption of minority groups into a dominant culture, expecting them to adopt its language, customs, and values rather than maintaining distinct identities.
The term often carries critical overtones, implying pressure on immigrants or ethnic minorities to abandon their heritage: Critics called the policy assimilationist.
As an adjective, it describes such approaches: assimilationist education policies.
Fitting to new conditions
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- incorporationForming a legal entity
absorption · blending · amalgamation · fusion · syncretism · convergence · homogenization · conformity
Adopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- integrationCombining into a whole
- homogenizationMaking things the same
monoculture · coercion · suppression · indoctrination · enforcement · ethnocentrism · nativism · hegemony
Adopting another group's customs
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- ingroupExclusive social circle
- outgroupNon-members of one's group
minority · majority · cohesion · convergence · pluralism · multiculturalism · ethnicity · identity
Belief one's culture superior
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
majoritarianism · supremacism · hegemony · prejudice · discrimination · intolerance · jingoism · parochialism
Inlaid pictorial arrangement
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- diversityState of varied elements
- integrationCombining into a whole
segregation · separatism · cosmopolitanism · coexistence · tolerance · inclusivity · hyphenated · balkanization
One who advocates something
- supporterOne who backs another
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- endorserOne who publicly approves
- promoterOne who organizes events
integrationist · activist · campaigner · lobbyist · spokesperson · defender · apologist · upholder
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
incorporation · absorption · blending · amalgamation · fusion · syncretism · convergence · homogenization · conformity · alignment
acculturation
Adopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- integrationCombining into a whole
homogenization · monoculture · coercion · suppression · indoctrination · enforcement · ethnocentrism · nativism · hegemony · dominance
acculturation
Adopting another group's customs
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- ingroupExclusive social circle
outgroup · minority · majority · cohesion · convergence · pluralism · multiculturalism · ethnicity · identity · stereotype
ethnocentrism
Belief one's culture superior
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
chauvinism · majoritarianism · supremacism · hegemony · prejudice · discrimination · intolerance · jingoism · parochialism · insularity
mosaic
Inlaid pictorial arrangement
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- diversityState of varied elements
integration · segregation · separatism · cosmopolitanism · coexistence · tolerance · inclusivity · hyphenated · balkanization · tribalism
proponent
One who advocates something
promoter · integrationist · activist · campaigner · lobbyist · spokesperson · defender · apologist · upholder · backer
assimilationistseparatist
Advocate for breaking away
segregationist · isolationist · nationalist · tribalist · secessionist
assimilate, assimilation, assimilated, assimilating, assimilative, unassimilated, assimilator