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acculturation   (TTS Sound)

The noun acculturation has 3 senses

• socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation -- (the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture")


• acculturation, culture -- (all the knowledge and values shared by a society)


• acculturation, assimilation -- (the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure)