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malintegration, n.|mælɪntɪˈgreɪʃən|
Also mal-integration.
[f. mal- + integration n.]
Unsuccessful or defective assimilation into a whole of heterogeneous elements, as of communities within a society.
1951Parsons & Shils Toward Gen. Theory of Action i. i. 22 The nature and sources of the mal-integration of cultural patterns are as important to the theory of action as the integration itself. 1970D. Goldrich et al. in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. v. 209 The next generation could greatly raise the costs to the nation of malintegration of the settlements, by venting their frustrations in either political opposition, across-the-board delinquency, or extreme privatization. 1977R. Holland Self & Social Context v. 178 The gradual, exploratory development of interdisciplinary work..tends to be at the cost of administrative complexity and..serious malintegration. 1986Sociol. Abstr. Suppl. 140. 16/2 Their visible minority status results in malintegration of even third and subsequent generations. |