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acculturation

noun
/əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

First attested in 1880; ad- (“toward”) + culture + -ation (“a process”); equivalent to acculturate + -ion

Definitions

  1. A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one.

    • It would be difficult to designate the Ghost Dance of the Indians of North America, for instance, as anything but a phenomenon of acculturation; […].

  2. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit,…

    A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.

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Derived

acculturate, acculturational, acculturationist, acculturation model

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA