What does "assimilationist" mean?

An advocate of the policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into a mainstream culture.

What is a synonym for "assimilationist"?

Common synonyms include: integrationist, integrationist, integrationist.

adj, noun

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Noun

1
An advocate of the policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into a mainstream culture.
"Spanish-language education is not favored by assimilationist parents of Latino children in the US."

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to assimilationism; promoting or advocating assimilationism.
"I wonder: if it had not been for GCN, would I now be the one who settles for the semi-closeted, factionalized world that Bay Windows and its ilk define as Shangri-la? Perhaps. What is certain, however, is that you have never jettisoned concern fror anybody for the sake of popularity and (gulp) assimilationist marketability."

"Spanish-language education is not favored by assimilationist parents of Latino children in the US."

From assimilation + -ist.

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