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Acculturation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Acculturation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

"the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"

2

all the knowledge and values shared by a society

3

the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

4

A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
social control content education
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cultivation breeding meme
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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