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Definition of Acculturation

1. Noun. The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture. "The socialization of children to the norms of their culture"

2. Noun. All the knowledge and values shared by a society.

3. Noun. The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.

Definition of Acculturation

1. Noun. A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one, especially a more advanced society. ¹

2. Noun. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits, starting at birth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acculturation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Acculturation

1. Process of cultural change in which one group or members of a group assimilates various cultural patterns from another. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acculturation

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accubation acculturate acculturated acculturates acculturating acculturation (current term) acculturational acculturations acculturative acculture

accultured accultures acculturing accumb accumbency accumbent accumbents accumber accumbered accumbering

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