acculturation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.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
• acculturational
• acculturationist
• acculturation model

 

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 (akkulturatsiya)
• Malay: akulturasi
• 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
• Indonesian: akulturasi (id)
• Malay: akulturasi
• Polish: akulturacja (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: akulturacija (sh) f

See also

• acclimation
• assimilation

French

Etymology

From English acculturation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kyl.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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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.