Acculturation Definition
ə-kŭlchə-rāshən
noun
The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture.
American Heritage
The process of conditioning a child to the patterns or customs of a culture.
Webster's New World
The process by which the culture of a particular society is instilled in a human from infancy onward.
American Heritage
The process of becoming adapted to a new or different culture with more or less advanced patterns.
Webster's New World
The mutual influence of different cultures in close contact.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- trait-complex
- nationalization
- americanization
- culture
- assimilation
- enculturation
- socialisation
- socialization
Other Word Forms of Acculturation
Noun
Singular:
acculturation
Plural:
acculturationsOrigin of Acculturation
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ad- ("toward") + culture + -ation (“a process”)
From Wiktionary
First attested in 1880.
From Wiktionary
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