acculturation
5 synonyms for acculturation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The way a society's culture shifts after coming into contact with another culture.
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Etymology
First recorded in 1880, acculturation is formed from ad- (“toward”), culture and -ation (“a process”), and is equivalent to acculturate + -ion.
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