Dictionary

acculturation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology

First attested in 1880; ad- (“toward”) + culture + -ation (“a process”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one.
   • 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. 1979, Johannes Wilbert, editor, Enculturation in Latin America, University of California, page 18:
   • It would be difficult to designate the Ghost Dance of the Indians of North America, for instance, as anything but a phenomenon of acculturation; […]. 1958, Melville J. Herskovits, Acculturation, Peter Smith, page 12:
2. (countable, uncountable) A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.

Forms

Deriveds

acculturate · acculturation model · acculturational · acculturationist

Relateds

inculturation · acclimation · assimilation

Translations (22)

sh akulturacija (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · ms akulturasi (process by which a person acquires the culture) · vi tiếp biến văn hóa (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · el επιπολιτισμός (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · pl akulturacja (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · ca aculturació (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · kk аккультурация (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · fi akkulturaatio (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · ky аккультурация (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · de Akkulturation (process by which a person acquires the culture) · sh akulturacija (process by which a person acquires the culture) · pl akulturacja (process by which a person acquires the culture) · pt aculturação (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · id akulturasi (process by which a person acquires the culture) · cmn 涵化 (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · fi akkulturaatio (process by which a person acquires the culture) · es aculturación (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · ms akulturasi (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · ca aculturació (process by which a person acquires the culture) · cmn 涵化 (process by which a person acquires the culture) · id akulturasi (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes) · kk мәдени жанасым (process by which the culture of an isolated society changes)