acculturation

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: deculturation, accultation, enculturation, acculturative, inculturation, acculturating

Antonyms: deculturation, accultation, enculturation, acculturative, inculturation, acculturating

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

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 [[acquire]]s the culture of the society that they [[inhabit]], starting at [[birth]].

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.