English Explanatory Dictionary

acculturation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one.
  2. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.

Pronunciation

/əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-acculturation.wav

Word forms

acculturation acculturations

Etymology

First attested in 1880; ad- (“toward”) + culture + -ation (“a process”); equivalent to acculturate + -ion

Related words

inculturation acclimation assimilation

Derived words

acculturate acculturational acculturationist acculturation model

Translations

Catalan: aculturació Chinese Mandarin: 涵化 Finnish: akkulturaatio Greek: επιπολιτισμός Indonesian: akulturasi Kazakh: аккультурация Kazakh: мәдени жанасым Kyrgyz: аккультурация Malay: akulturasi Polish: akulturacja Portuguese: aculturação Serbo-Croatian: akulturacija Spanish: aculturación Vietnamese: tiếp biến văn hóa
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