Associations to the word «Acculturation»

Wiktionary

ACCULTURATION, noun. A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
ACCULTURATION, noun. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits, starting at birth.

Dictionary definition

ACCULTURATION, noun. The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture".
ACCULTURATION, noun. All the knowledge and values shared by a society.
ACCULTURATION, noun. The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.