assimilative
adjective
as·sim·i·la·tive
ə-ˈsi-mə-ˌlā-tiv 
-lə-tiv
: of, relating to, or causing assimilation
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The Greek historian Polybius attributed the resiliency and strength of the Roman state in to its assimilative capacity, turning barbarians into citizens.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2010
But one of the distinctive aspects of the modern Anglo-Saxon model is its assertive, expansive, and assimilative power.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2012
The spirit of those early days of La Reconquista had been assimilative rather than destructive.
—Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
If the early spirit of the Reconquest had been assimilative, by the 15th century attitudes began to harden.
—Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
One of them is this: The assimilative powers of Britain are formidable.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2022
Perhaps no film shows the pain and the poetry of the assimilative process quite like The Namesake.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2021
Ghazi, who is eighty-four and barely speaks Hebrew, said that his views reflected the assimilative nature of Maghar.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
This argument undergirds the religious assimilative efforts of the original colonists, the displacement and the ensuing death marches, and the Allotment Era legislation that sought to chisel away at tribal lands piece by piece.
—Nick Martin, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2019
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2010
But one of the distinctive aspects of the modern Anglo-Saxon model is its assertive, expansive, and assimilative power.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2012
The spirit of those early days of La Reconquista had been assimilative rather than destructive.
—Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
If the early spirit of the Reconquest had been assimilative, by the 15th century attitudes began to harden.
—Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
One of them is this: The assimilative powers of Britain are formidable.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2022
Perhaps no film shows the pain and the poetry of the assimilative process quite like The Namesake.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2021
Ghazi, who is eighty-four and barely speaks Hebrew, said that his views reflected the assimilative nature of Maghar.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
This argument undergirds the religious assimilative efforts of the original colonists, the displacement and the ensuing death marches, and the Allotment Era legislation that sought to chisel away at tribal lands piece by piece.
—Nick Martin, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2019
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assimilative
adjective
as·sim·i·la·tive
ə-ˈsim-ə-ˌlāt-iv, -lət-
: of, relating to, or causing assimilation
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