acculturation

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/əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Definition of acculturation

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)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; […].”
“The cultural complex shows such power of survival mainly because its practitioners know how to adapt to modernization, including Western medicine, just as their ancestors knew how to adapt their careers and art to acculturation processes during the Conquest and subsequent eras.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)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; […].”
“The cultural complex shows such power of survival mainly because its practitioners know how to adapt to modernization, including Western medicine, just as their ancestors knew how to adapt their careers and art to acculturation processes during the Conquest and subsequent eras.”
(countable, uncountable)A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.

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

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