English Explanatory Dictionary

transculturation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon of merging and converging cultures.

Word forms

transculturation transculturations transculturisation transculturization

Etymology

From trans- + culture + -ation, coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1947.

Related words

acculturation deculturation neoculturation
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