acculturation

acculturation

English

Etymology

First attested in 1880; ad- (“toward”) +‎ culture +‎ -ation (“a process”); equivalent to acculturate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˌkʌl.t͡ʃə.ˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

acculturation (countable and uncountable, plural acculturations)

1. A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
2. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.

Usage notes

Some social scientists reverse the meanings of enculturation and acculturation.

Derived terms

• acculturate
• acculturationist

Translations

process by which the culture of an isolated society changes

Catalan: aculturació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 涵化 (hánhuà) Finnish: akkulturaatio (fi) Greek: επιπολιτισμός (el) m (epipolitismós) Indonesian: akulturasi (id) Kazakh: аккультурация (akkulturasiä), мәдени жанасым (mädeni janasym) Kyrgyz: аккультурация (akkulʹturatsiya) Polish: akulturacja (pl) f Portuguese: aculturação (pt) f Serbo-Croatian: akulturacija (sh) f Spanish: aculturación (es) m

process by which a person acquires the culture

Catalan: aculturació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 涵化 (hánhuà) Finnish: akkulturaatio (fi) German: Akkulturation (de) f Polish: akulturacja (pl) f Serbo-Croatian: akulturacija (sh) f

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French

Etymology

From English acculturation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kyl.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

acculturation f (plural acculturations)

1. acculturation

Further reading

• “acculturation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.