acculturation
pronunciation
How to pronounce acculturation in British English:
UK [əˌkʌltʃəˈreɪʃn]
How to pronounce acculturation in American English:
US [əˌkʌltʃə'reɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
- all the knowledge and values shared by a society
- the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Word Origin
- acculturation (n.)
- "the adoption and assimilation of an alien culture," 1880, from ad- "to" + culture (n.) + -ation.
Example
- 1. Acculturation to a new life is always slow .
- 2. Acculturation , parenting stress , and parenting practices .
- 3. The trick to introducing these world-saving techniques , he says , will be a gradual acculturation .
- 4. Acculturation strategies among chinese overseas students .
- 5. Acculturation : living successfully in two cultures .