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Noun Concept
Categories: English-language idioms, Idioms, Cultural assimilation, American culture, Political metaphors
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melting pot  melting-pot  The melting pot
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An environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated WordNet 3.0
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An environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A melting pot is a monocultural metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" with a common culture; an alternative being a homogeneous society becoming more heterogeneous through the influx of foreign elements with different cultural backgrounds, possessing the potential to create disharmony within the previous culture. Wikipedia
Analogy for the way in which heterogeneous societies become more homogeneous. Wikipedia Disambiguation
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