assimilationist
pronunciation
How to pronounce assimilationist in British English:
UK [əsɪmə'leɪʃənɪst]
How to pronounce assimilationist in American English:
US [əsɪmə'leɪʃənɪst]
Word Origin
- assimilationist (n.)
- "one who advocates racial or ethnic integration," 1900, in reference to possible U.S. attitudes toward Hawaii and possessions obtained in the war against Spain; usually with reference to Jews in European nations; see assimilation + -ist.
Example
- 1. Assimilationist policies in education discourage students from maintaining their mother tongues .
- 2. The bureaucracy that stymied them this time , he says , is part of a " racist , colonial , assimilationist machine . "