"Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assimilate the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group..."
The process of forcing a colonized people to abandon their own culture and adopt the culture of the colonizing power.
Colonialism: This is a system in which one country seeks to extend its power and authority over another country, often through the establishment of settlements, exploitation of resources, and suppression of native cultures and traditions.
Imperialism: This is a political and economic system in which one country holds significant power over another country or group of countries, often through the use of military force or economic influence.
Cultural assimilation: This is the process by which individuals or groups of people adopt the cultural practices and beliefs of another culture, often under pressure or coercion.
Cultural imperialism: This is a form of imperialism in which one culture dominates or influences another culture through its media, language, or other forms of cultural expression.
Ethnocentrism: This is the belief that one's own culture is superior to others, and that other cultures should be judged according to the standards of one's own culture.
Race and ethnicity: These concepts are often used to divide people into distinct social groups based on physical characteristics, cultural practices, or historical ties.
Indigenous peoples: These are groups of people who have lived in a particular geographic region for generations, and who have distinct cultural, linguistic, and spiritual practices that are often threatened by colonialism and imperialism.
Nationalism: This is a political ideology in which a group of people identify with and seek to assert their sovereignty over a particular geographic region or territory.
Postcolonial theory: This is an interdisciplinary field of study that explores the social, political, and cultural consequences of colonialism and imperialism, as well as the ways that colonized people have resisted and subverted these systems over time.
Globalization: This is a process of economic and cultural exchange that has increased significantly in recent decades, and which has both positive and negative impacts on cultures and societies around the world.
"The different types of cultural assimilation include full assimilation and forced assimilation."
"Full assimilation is the more prevalent of the two, as it occurs spontaneously."
"When used as a political ideology, assimilationism refers to governmental policies of deliberately assimilating ethnic groups into the national culture."
"During cultural assimilation, minority groups are expected to adapt to the everyday practices of the dominant culture through language and appearance as well as via more significant socioeconomic factors..."
"Some types of cultural assimilation resemble acculturation in which a minority group or culture completely assimilates into the dominant culture..."
"In other types of cultural assimilation such as cultural integration mostly found in multicultural communities, a minority group within a given society adopts aspects of the dominant culture through either cultural diffusion or for practical reasons..."
"A conceptualization describes cultural assimilation as similar to acculturation while another merely considers the former as one of the latter's phases."
"Throughout history, there have been different forms of cultural assimilation. Examples of types of acculturation include voluntary and involuntary assimilation."
"Assimilation could also involve the so-called additive acculturation wherein, instead of replacing the ancestral culture, an individual expands their existing cultural repertoire."
"The different types of cultural assimilation include full assimilation and forced assimilation."
"During cultural assimilation, minority groups are expected to adapt to everyday practices of the dominant culture through language and appearance..."
"...as well as via more significant socioeconomic factors such as absorption into the local cultural and employment community."
"...through either cultural diffusion or for practical reasons like adapting to another society's social norms while retaining their original culture."
"Full assimilation is the more prevalent of the two, as it occurs spontaneously."
"In other types of cultural assimilation such as cultural integration mostly found in multicultural communities, a minority group within a given society adopts aspects of the dominant culture through either cultural diffusion or for practical reasons like adapting to another society's social norms while retaining their original culture."
"Some types of cultural assimilation resemble acculturation in which a minority group or culture completely assimilates into the dominant culture..."
"When used as a political ideology, assimilationism refers to governmental policies of deliberately assimilating ethnic groups into the national culture."
"A conceptualization describes cultural assimilation as similar to acculturation while another merely considers the former as one of the latter's phases."
"Assimilation could also involve the so-called additive acculturation wherein, instead of replacing the ancestral culture, an individual expands their existing cultural repertoire."