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Noun acculturation has 3 senses

• acculturation(n = noun.act) enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
is a kind of social control
has particulars: cultivation, breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
Derived forms verb acculturate₁, adjective acculturational₁

• acculturation(n = noun.cognition) culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a society; Array
is a kind of cognitive content, content, mental object
has particulars: meme

• acculturation(n = noun.cognition) assimilation - the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure; Array
is a kind of education
Derived form adjective acculturational₁

THESAURUS

acculturation

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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