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inassimilable

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in·as·sim·i·la·ble (n-sm-l-bl)
adj.
Not capable of being utilized for the nutrition of the body.

inassimilable [in″ah-sim´ĭ-lah-b'l]
not susceptible of being utilized as nutriment.

inassimilable
not susceptible of being utilized as nutriment.


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As migrants acquire the language and other skills needed to move up the income ladder, many integrate quite naturally, making fears about inassimilable foreigners -- similar to those expressed early in the 20th century in America about theAa Irish, for example -- seem equally unwarranted with respect to newcomers today.
If they multiply rapidly, which is usually the case, they may cause political problems in the future, perhaps social instability, by forming inassimilable ethnic minorities and violently demonstrating, advocating their rights.
Following Eve Darian-Smith and Peter Fitzpatrick (1999) the term postcolonial refers to a category of persons subject to historical processes of colonial rule that paradoxically represents their identities as inassimilable yet demands their political incorporation as emergent Western or European subjects.
 
 
 
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