Definition of acculturation Acculturation
ac•cul•tur•a•tion
We found 7 definitions of acculturation from 4 different sources.
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What does acculturation mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: acculturations |
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| acculturation - all the knowledge and values shared by a society | ||
| culture | ||
| cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | ||
| acculturation - the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | ||
| assimilation | ||
| education the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) | ||
| acculturation - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture" | ||
| socialization, socialisation, enculturation | ||
| social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action | ||
| cultivation (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) | ||
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Wiktionary 
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acculturation
Phenomena which result when groups of individuals of different cultures come into continuous contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups.
Part of speech
🔤- acculturation, noun, singular of acculturations.
