intégration

integration

noun ahn-teh-grah-SYOHN Rare

Also means

inclusion

Usage Note

Intégration is widely used in social, mathematical, and political contexts in French. Socially, it refers specifically to the incorporation of immigrants into French society — a loaded political term in contemporary discourse. In mathematics, it denotes the process of taking an integral. Always feminine.

Examples

"L'intégration des nouveaux arrivants prend du temps."

Natural Translation

The integration of newcomers takes time.

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