Definitions for melting pot
melt·ing pot

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. melting potnoun

   an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated

2. crucible, melting potnoun

   a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

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1. Melting potnoun

   (Sociology) (fig.) A place where people of different backgrounds become similar in culture. The United States has often been referred to as a melting pot, though the differences in cultures of recently arrived immigrants persists beyond the generation of immigrants.

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1. melting potnoun

   A crucible, or similar pot, used to fuse mixtures of metals etc.

2. melting potnoun

   A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.

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1. Melting pot

   The 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. It can also create a harmonious hybridized society known as cultural amalgamation. Historically, it is often used to describe the cultural integration of immigrants to the United States. A related concept has been defined as "cultural additivity."The melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s. The exact term "melting pot" came into general usage in the United States after it was used as a metaphor describing a fusion of nationalities, cultures and ethnicities in the 1908 play of the same name. The desirability of assimilation and the melting pot model has been rejected by proponents of multiculturalism, who have suggested alternative metaphors to describe the current American society, such as a salad bowl, or kaleidoscope, in which different cultures mix, but remain distinct in some aspects. The melting pot continues to be used as an assimilation model in vernacular and political discourse along with more inclusive models of assimilation in the academic debates on identity, adaptation and integration of immigrants into various political, social and economic spheres.

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1. melting pot

   A melting pot is a metaphorical term often used to describe a society or culture where people with different cultural, ethnic, or racial backgrounds come together and blend or assimilate into a single, harmonious whole. The concept assumes that various cultural groups will merge over time through the process of integration and acculturation, resulting in a new, unified identity. The term is commonly used to describe countries with high rates of immigration, such as the United States.

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1. Melting pot

   The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" into a harmonious whole with a common culture. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the USA; the melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s. After 1970 the desirability of assimilation and the melting pot model was challenged by proponents of multiculturalism, who assert that cultural differences within society are valuable and should be preserved, proposing the alternative metaphor of the mosaic, salad bowl or "American Kaleidoscope" – different cultures mix, but remain distinct.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of melting pot in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of melting pot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of melting pot in a Sentence

1. Carol Miller:

   Congress is a melting pot of many, many people and I think the more people we have with different experiences, the better we can relate to the people that we represent, so I'm very hopeful there will be more women.

2. Florida Gov. Rick Scott:

   As you know in Florida,we are the best melting pot in world. We love everyone coming to the state.

3. Rex Ingram:

   You were a product of your community who represented the best of the diverse melting pot we call home in Los Angeles, you stood tall, defending life and liberty, so that everyone else could live their American Dream.

4. Jimmy Carter:

   We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

5. Shavon Moore-Cage:

   The unions here in California, we are like a melting pot of people. We represent every culture, we represent every race, we represent all ethnic groups.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=melting pot
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Melting_Pot
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_Pot
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=melting pot