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.

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