acculturation

n. adoption of a foreign culture

Acculturation is the psychological and social counter-part of cultural diffusion. Originally "acculturation" referred to the colonial racist idea that so-called "savages" and "lower peoples" experience mental evolution when they imitate so-called "civilized" or "higher peoples" (Powell, 1883) (see Colonial mentality).
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Noun
1. the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
(synonym) socialization, socialisation, enculturation
(hypernym) social control
(hyponym) cultivation
(derivation) acculturate
2. all the knowledge and values shared by a society
(synonym) culture
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) meme
3. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
(synonym) assimilation
(hypernym) education

Synonyms and related words:
Americanization, admission, adoption, affiliation, assimilation, citizenship by naturalization, citizenship papers, civility, civilization, complex, cultivation, cultural drift, culture, culture area, culture center, culture complex, culture conflict, culture contact, culture pattern, culture shock, culture trait, education, enculturation, enlightenment, ethos, folkways, key trait, mores, nationalization, naturalization, naturalized citizenship, papers, polish, refinement, socialization, society, trait, trait-complex,
  

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