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acculturation
ac·cul·tur·a·tion
[
ə kùlchə ráysh'n
]
noun
Definition:
1.
cultural change:
a change in the cultural behavior and thinking of a person or group of people through contact with another culture
2.
absorption of culture:
the process by which somebody absorbs the culture of a society from birth onward
[
Late 19th century. <ac- + culture + -ation
]
ac·cul·tur·a·tion·al
adjective
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