acculturation

acculturation
Synonyms and related words:
Americanization, admission, adoption, affiliation, assimilation, citizenship by naturalization, citizenship papers, civility, civilization, complex, cultivation, cultural drift, culture, culture area, culture center, culture complex, culture conflict, culture contact, culture pattern, culture shock, culture trait, education, enculturation, enlightenment, ethos, folkways, key trait, mores, nationalization, naturalization, naturalized citizenship, papers, polish, refinement, socialization, society, trait, trait-complex

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  • ACCULTURATION — Formé à partir du latin ad, qui exprime le rapprochement, le terme acculturation a été proposé dès 1880 par les anthropologues nord américains. Les Anglais lui préfèrent celui de cultural change (moins chargé de valeurs ethnocentriques liées à la …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Acculturation — is the exchange of cultural features that results when groups come into continuous firsthand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct. (Kottak 2007)However, anthropologist… …   Wikipedia

  • acculturation — (n.) the adoption and assimilation of an alien culture, 1880, from AD (Cf. ad ) to + CULTURE (Cf. culture) (n.) + ATION (Cf. ation) …   Etymology dictionary

  • acculturation — [n] adjustment to culture acclimatization, assimilation, culture shock, nationalization, naturalization; concepts 202,701 …   New thesaurus

  • acculturation — ☆ acculturation [ə kul΄chər ā′shən ] n. [ AC + CULTUR(E) + ATION] Sociology 1. the process of conditioning a child to the patterns or customs of a culture 2. the process of becoming adapted to a new or different culture with more or less advanced …   English World dictionary

  • Acculturation — L acculturation est l ensemble des phénomènes qui résultent d un contact continu et direct entre des groupes d individus de cultures différentes et qui entraînent des modifications dans les modèles culturels initiaux de l un ou des deux groupes.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • acculturation — acculturational, adj. /euh kul cheuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group. 2. the result of this process. [1875 80, Amer.; AC + CULTURE + ATION] * * * ▪ anthropology       the… …   Universalium

  • acculturation —    This word (from the Latin ad, meaning to, and cultura, meaning cultivation of the land ) refers to the process by which missionaries and evangelists adapt the Gospel to a particular culture. Usually acculturation is a process of finding… …   Glossary of theological terms

  • acculturation —   n. transfer or adoption of the cultural patterns of another group.    ♦ acculturate, v.t. cause acculturation in …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • acculturation — noun Date: 1880 1. cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact 2. the process by which a human being acquires the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • acculturation — noun a) A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one b) A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits …   Wiktionary

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