Ethnic assimilation Synonyms

Definitions for Ethnic


  • (adjective) of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture
  • (adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
  • (noun) a person who is a member of an ethnic group

Definitions for Assimilation


  • (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
  • (noun) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
  • (noun) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound