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ACCULTURATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
Example:
the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
Synonyms:
acculturation; enculturation; socialisation; socialization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("acculturation" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acculturation"):
cultivation (socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners)
breeding; bringing up; fosterage; fostering; nurture; raising; rearing; upbringing (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community)
Derivation:
acculturate (assimilate culturally)
acculturational (of or relating to acculturation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Synonyms:
acculturation; assimilation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acculturation" is a kind of...):
education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)
Derivation:
acculturational (of or relating to acculturation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
All the knowledge and values shared by a society
Synonyms:
acculturation; culture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acculturation" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acculturation"):
meme (a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation))
