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acculturation

ac·cul·tur·a·tion [ ə-ˌkəl-chə-ˈrā-shən]

acculturation

noun

[ə-ˌkəl-chə-ˈrā-shən]

Definition of acculturation

1 : cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
//the acculturation of immigrants to American life
also : a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact

2 : the process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy

Other Words from acculturation

acculturational \ ə-ˌkəl-chə-ˈrā-shnəl , -shə-nᵊl , a- \ adjective

acculturative \ ə-ˈkəl-chə-ˌrā-tiv , a- \ adjective

Recent Examples on the Web

//This acculturation process is a common strategy of schools’ foundation offices.
— Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Billy Napier's New Donation Team Rule for Louisiana Players Raises Questions," 16 Aug. 2019
//But a move to Texas cuts short this acculturation—at his new high school, the black kids mock his clothes.
— Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, "New Books," 22 July 2019
//The Jewish camping movement is a hybrid outgrowth of a slew of Jewish cultural projects: urban social and moral reform, Zionist education, denominational training, and the general acculturation to American-style leisure.
— Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "How the JAP became America’s most complex Jewish stereotype.," 5 Dec. 2018

First Known Use of acculturation

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for acculturation

ad- + culture entry 1 + -ation

Note: Word introduced by the American soldier, geologist, and explorer John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) in Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages (Smithsonian Institution, 1880), and used by him subsequently in a number of essays.

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