acculture

/əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/

acculture means to familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, acculture ranks #2,157 of 42,762 for Qualifying.

acculture is pronounced /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/.

Etymology

Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.

verb

To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrante.g.“I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.”

Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

acculturated 81% match — accustomed to; familiar with vs acculture →
acculturate 79% match — To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture. vs acculture →
acculturalization 73% match — acculturation vs acculture →
acculturize 72% match — Synonym of acculturate. vs acculture →
accustomize 71% match — To accustom; to learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment. vs acculture →
culturalize 71% match — To adapt to the norms of a particular culture. vs acculture →
enculturate 69% match — To subject to enculturation. vs acculture →
culturize 69% match — To adapt to the rules or norms of a culture; to make cultural. vs acculture →