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acculturation
[ uh-kuhl-chuh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the process of sharing and learning the cultural traits or social patterns of another group:
Acculturation of immigrants has contributed to the rich cultural diversity of the city.
- the result of this process.
acculturation
- The learning of the ideas, values, conventions, and behavior that characterize a social group. ( See socialization .) Acculturation is also used to describe the results of contact between two or more different cultures ; a new, composite culture emerges, in which some existing cultural features are combined, some are lost, and new features are generated. Usually one culture is dominant (as in the case of colonization).
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of acculturation1
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Example Sentences
Since then, the attorneys attempted to show, tribes had undergone an 鈥渁cculturation鈥 that meant that the importance of salmon to modern Northwest Indians had greatly diminished.
"This naturally led to discussions about the impact of other stressors, like discrimination and acculturation, on the infant brain."
The takeaway, said Scheinost, is that while discrimination and acculturation affect the brain in ways other types of stress do, there is something unique and important about these particular experiences that should be better understood.
Another is acculturation, which Katz defined as 鈥渁 process where you keep part of your culture鈥 as you take in a new one.
鈥淲hat I think is, most women, by training and acculturation, have gotten farther by collaborating than competing.鈥
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