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acculturate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | assimilate |
| Has types | detribalise, detribalize |
| Derivation | acculturation, acculturative, culture |
Examples of acculturate
acculturate
One of the main goals of the academy is to acculturate the students to the American school system.
From the nytimes.com
Will they know how to acculturate and make a living, or would these refugee shelters become similar to Fresno's El Dorado Park?
From the fresnobee.com
There is no doubt a push to assimilate and acculturate, much at the expense of giving up the immigrant's own parental language and cultural heritage.
From the economist.com
Immigrant communities that care for parents in multigenerational households may be less able to maintain that practice as they acculturate.
From the newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com
Due to class mobility individuals may also acculturate to the culture of another class when ascending or descending in the social order.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Assimilate culturally
- (acculturation) socialization: the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
- (acculturation) all the knowledge and values shared by a society
- (acculturation) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
- (Acculturates) Acculturation is the exchange of cultural features that results when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct. (Kottak 2007)
- To change one's culture based on the influence of another culture; To be changed by acculturation
- The word "acculturation" means the process of learning a new culture, in contrast to enculturation. Often this means moving to a new society where culture is different, but it is also part of the adaptation that we need for coping while our own community changes (ie develops) around us. ...
- (acculturation) The process by which people in one culture or subculture learn to understand and adapt to the norms, values, life styles and behaviors of people in another culture or subcultures. ...
- (acculturation) A socialization process by which members of a minority adopt the customs of the dominant group, while maintaining a separate cultural identity.
