different between assimilationist vs assimilationism

English

assimilation +? -ist

assimilationist (plural assimilationists)

(sociology) 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.
- 1998, Norman Linzer, David J. Schnall, Jerome A. Chanes, A Portrait of the American Jewish Community, page xii,
  To the assimilationists, American Jews have not merely acculturated — they have assimilated.

assimilationist (comparative more assimilationist, superlative most assimilationist)

(sociology) Of or pertaining to assimilationism or assimilationists; that promotes or advocates assimilationism.

From assimilation +? -ism.

assimilationism (uncountable)

(sociology) The policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into a mainstream culture.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 558:
  The model of regenerative assimilationism which the Revolutionaries displayed towards the Jews was evident in regard to other groupings whose commitment to the patriotic cause was for whatever reason in doubt.

Send