assimilate
What the
Borg does in
startrek, destroying difference among people in order to make the perfect society. What Jews had to do in
antisemitic Europe in the 19th century. What every minority is expected to do.
assimilation
by shoggoth on Aug 12, 2003 04:13:04
Absorption of a minority group within a larger population; distinct from integration in that it implies a loss of cultural identity and ultimately of individuality. Usually relates to the pressure on immigrants to conform to the expectations of the
mass culture in their
new country. More recently applied to the aggressive subjugation of races by
the Borg, and hence to a person joining a large faceless group of stupid people.
Assimilate
by Sp00per on Feb 21, 2018 02:05:52
1. To
gather ideas in order to understand a subject.
2. To
tie a subject to a
multitude of other ideas and references.
assimilation
by Paragon on Feb 22, 2005 11:32:47
Assimilation
by EARTH&WATER on Oct 14, 2010 14:33:44
It is what the
United State's government did to the indigenous tribes in order to
cast out the inner "native" from them. Involved sending the children to the state-run boarding schools in order to destroy their "savage" culture. In many cases,
assimilation was the solution for the government to obtain land, stripping the indigenous of precious resources.
assimilation
by Anonymous on Oct 13, 2003 13:10:14
Example:
Assimilate
by Solid Mantis on Nov 07, 2020 12:44:29
Example:
1) The guy/girl trying to
assimilate you was never your friend. You're
divided from him/her for a good reason.
2) The guy didnt assimilate to people not from his neighborhood, it was his neighborhood, not theirs.
Assimilation
by GPA4.5 on Aug 28, 2007 09:41:33
Assimilation
by Kuehlstein on Jan 25, 2018 10:16:58
Assimilate
by Golden Frog on Jun 24, 2009 08:16:19
Example:
Nick to
cab driver: "You just passed
the turn you idiot.. you need to
assimilate. I am not paying you an extra dollar. Here is $25.