Definitions for acculturation

acculturation ac·cul·tur·a·tion

Spelling: [uh-kuhl-chuh-rey-shuh n]
IPA: /əˌkʌl tʃəˈreɪ ʃən/

Acculturation is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 960 anagrams from letters in acculturation (aaccilnorttuu).

Definitions for acculturation

noun

  1. the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
  2. the result of this process.

Origin of acculturation

An Americanism dating back to 1875-80; ac- + culture + -ation

Examples for acculturation

It took a lot of taming, or acculturation, for sex to become an intimate affair.

As there must be contact, acculturation is sometimes ascribed to "contagion."

Communication requires a shared substratum, which is established in an acculturation process that takes many generations.

His family is a case study in the acculturation process he now trumpets.

acculturation by borrowing has played an important rle in the development of North American Indian ideas and institutions.

Among historical peoples, on the other hand, acculturation has been called assimilation.

Here is one possible scenario: Students approach centers of interactive education after the initial phase of acculturation.

The history of acculturation—the effect of the presence of civilization upon savagery.

In the years to come, this aspect will dominate the entire effort of the acculturation of the digital.

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