Acculturation
the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
the result of this process.
Contemporary Examples
His family is a case study in the acculturation process he now trumpets.
Meet the Fútbol Moms Bryan Curtis July 17, 2011
Historical Examples
It took a lot of taming, or acculturation, for sex to become an intimate affair.
The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin
In the years to come, this aspect will dominate the entire effort of the acculturation of the digital.
The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin
The history of acculturation—the effect of the presence of civilization upon savagery.
First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Various
Here is one possible scenario: Students approach centers of interactive education after the initial phase of acculturation.
The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin
Communication requires a shared substratum, which is established in an acculturation process that takes many generations.
The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin
Among historical peoples, on the other hand, acculturation has been called assimilation.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert E. Park
As there must be contact, acculturation is sometimes ascribed to “contagion.”
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert E. Park
acculturation by borrowing has played an important rle in the development of North American Indian ideas and institutions.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 Various
n.
“the adoption and assimilation of an alien culture,” 1880, from ad- “to” + culture (n.) + -ation.
acculturation [(uh-kul-chuh-ray-shuhn)]
The learning of the ideas, values, conventions, and behavior that characterize a social group. (See socialization.) Acculturation is also used to describe the results of contact between two or more different cultures; a new, composite culture emerges, in which some existing cultural features are combined, some are lost, and new features are generated. Usually one culture is dominant (as in the case of colonization).
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