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

Other Word Forms of Acculturation

Noun

Singular:
acculturation
Plural:
acculturations

Origin of Acculturation

  • ad- ("toward") + culture +‎ -ation (“a process”)

    From Wiktionary

  • First attested in 1880.

    From Wiktionary

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