acculturation








noun

  1. the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
  2. the result of this process.
n.

“the adoption and assimilation of an alien culture,” 1880, from ad- “to” + culture (n.) + -ation.

The learning of the ideas, values, conventions, and behavior that characterize a social group. (See socialization.) Acculturation is also used to describe the results of contact between two or more different cultures; a new, composite culture emerges, in which some existing cultural features are combined, some are lost, and new features are generated. Usually one culture is dominant (as in the case of colonization).

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