acculturation means A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 72 out of 100.
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ACCULTURATION — [Noun] The process by which an individual or group adopts the cultural traits of another through prolonged contact. First attested in 1880; from assimilated form of Latin ad- ("to, toward") + culture (from Latin cultura, "cultivation") + noun suffix -ation ("a process"). Unlike assimilation, which implies a total, one-sided absorption, or enculturation, which denotes the primary acquisition of a native culture, acculturation is the sustained, mutual negotiation of a hyphenated existence. It is the spice cabinet integrating a foreign pepper, the hybrid grammar of a household that speaks two languages, and the private ritual of celebrating old holidays under a new sky. It is the quiet, lifelong labor of cultivating a garden where two weathers meet.
noun
- A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one.“It would be difficult to designate the Ghost Dance of the Indians of North America, for instance, as anything but a phenomenon of acculturation; […].”
- A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.