acculturation

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˌkʌltʃəˈreɪʃən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˌkʌltʃəˈreɪʃən/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə kul′chə rā′shən)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ac•cul•tur•a•tion /əˌkʌltʃəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Sociologythe adoption of characteristics of a culture not one's own.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ac•cul•tur•a•tion  (ə kul′chə rā′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sociologythe process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
  2. Sociology, Anthropologythe result of this process.
  • ac- + culture + -ation 1875–80, American.
ac•cul′tur•a′tion•al, adj. 

'acculturation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acculturate - acculturationist - transculturation

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