ACCULTURATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does acculturation mean?
• ACCULTURATION (noun)
The noun ACCULTURATION has 3 senses:
1. the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
2. all the knowledge and values shared by a society
3. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Familiarity information: ACCULTURATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ACCULTURATION (noun)
Meaning:
The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
acculturation; enculturation; socialisation; socialization
Context example:
the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
Hypernyms ("acculturation" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acculturation"):
cultivation (socialization through training and education)
breeding; bringing up; fosterage; fostering; nurture; raising; rearing; upbringing (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community)
Meaning:
All the knowledge and values shared by a society
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
acculturation; culture
Hypernyms ("acculturation" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acculturation"):
meme (a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation))
Meaning:
The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
acculturation; assimilation
Hypernyms ("acculturation" is a kind of...):
education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)
