| ASSIMILATIONISM | • assimilationism n. (Sociology) The policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into… • ASSIMILATIONISM n. a policy of assimilation, esp. of racial groups. |
| ASSIMILATIONIST | • assimilationist n. (Sociology) An advocate of the policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority… • assimilationist adj. (Sociology) Of or pertaining to assimilationism; promoting or advocating assimilationism. • ASSIMILATIONIST n. a person who advocates a policy of assimilating differing racial or cultural groups. |
| CONSIMILARITIES | • CONSIMILARITY n. the quality of being consimilar. |
| DISASSIMILATING | • disassimilating v. Present participle of disassimilate. • DISASSIMILATE v. to subject to catabolism. |
| DISASSIMILATION | • disassimilation n. (Obsolete, biochemistry) catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy). • disassimilation n. The act of becoming less assimilated or integrated, particularly of ethnic groups. • DISASSIMILATION n. the act of disassimilating, subjecting to catabolism. |
| DISASSIMILATIVE | • disassimilative adj. (Physiology) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation. • DISASSIMILATIVE adj. relating to the act of dissimilation, subjecting to catabolism. |
| DISSIMILARITIES | • dissimilarities n. Plural of dissimilarity. • DISSIMILARITY n. the state of being dissimilar. |
| MALASSIMILATION | • malassimilation n. Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of food. • malassimilation n. An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the bloodstream. • MALASSIMILATION n. imperfect assimilation or nutrition. |
| OVERPESSIMISTIC | • overpessimistic adj. More pessimistic than is warranted. • OVERPESSIMISTIC adj. excessively pessimistic. |
| PESSIMISTICALLY | • pessimistically adv. In a pessimistic manner. • PESSIMISTICAL adv. inclined to pessimism, also PESSIMISTIC. |
| VERISIMILITUDES | • verisimilitudes n. Plural of verisimilitude. • VERISIMILITUDE n. the state of being verisimilar, having the appearance of truth. |