acculturation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
acculturation
n.
adoption of a foreign culture
Acculturation
Acculturation explains the process of
cultural change and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures. The effects of acculturation can be seen at multiple levels in both interacting cultures. At the group level, acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social institutions. Noticeable group level effects of acculturation often include changes in food, clothing, and language. At the individual level, differences in the way individuals acculturate have been shown to be associated not just with changes in daily behavior, but with numerous measures of psychological and physical well-being. As
enculturation is used to describe the process of first-culture learning, acculturation can be thought of as second-culture learning.
acculturation
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
acculturation
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,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
acculturation