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acculturation

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English

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Etymology

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First attested in 1880; ad- (“toward”) +‎ culture +‎ -ation (“a process”); equivalent to acculturate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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acculturation (countable and uncountable, plural acculturations)

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

Usage notes

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Some social scientists reverse the meanings of enculturation and acculturation.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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French

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Etymology

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From English acculturation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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acculturation f (plural acculturations)

  1. acculturation

Further reading

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