The opposite of assimilate. When one desimilates, they revert back to their original culture, often many generations back in
time. They regress to their people’
s original culture, despite every logical conclusion leading to them more assimilated, not less. This regression, or “desimilation”, often includes relearning a previously lost language, and foregoing the luxuries that a
normal assimilated person would have in their life.
For example, if a Canadian boy were to go from playing in a
heavy metal band, spending $15 on
coffee a day, getting free corporate hockey tickets from his dad, and eating bagels for breakfast at his sisters restaurant - to speaking a foreign language, dating immigrant women, and hanging out at the “banya” - he would have desimilated.