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acculturation

/uh-kuhl-chuh-rey-shuhn/US // əˌkʌl tʃəˈreɪ ʃən //

适应性,驯化,适应,适应性强

Related Words

naturalization入籍,归化,入籍问题,归化局assimilation同化作用,同化,同化反应,同化现象acclimatization适应性,适应性训练,适应性改造,适应性调整nationalization国有化,国产化,国民化culture shock文化冲击,文化休克,文化震撼,文化震荡

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the process of sharing and learning the cultural traits or social patterns of another group: Acculturation of immigrants has contributed to the rich cultural diversity of the city.
    • : the result of this process.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounadjustment to culture
Synonyms
acclimatization适应性,适应性训练,适应性改造,适应性调整assimilation同化作用,同化,同化反应,同化现象nationalization国有化,国产化,国民化naturalization入籍,归化,入籍问题,归化局culture shock文化冲击,文化休克,文化震撼,文化震荡

Examples

  • Horsemeat, I realized at the Rue Poncelet counter, is a last redoubt against the onslaught of global acculturation.

  • His family is a case study in the acculturation process he now trumpets.

  • Acculturation by borrowing has played an important rle in the development of North American Indian ideas and institutions.

  • There are numerous other illustrations of this so-called "piratical acculturation" among the observations of ethnologists.

  • It took a lot of taming, or acculturation, for sex to become an intimate affair.

  • The ethnologists have investigated the process among primitive peoples under the title acculturation.

  • Among historical peoples, on the other hand, acculturation has been called assimilation.

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