Acculturation

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acculturation
       n 1: the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding
            culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of
            their culture" [syn: {socialization}, {socialisation}, {enculturation}]
       2: all the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: {culture}]
       3: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing


          cognitive structure [syn: {assimilation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "acculturation":
     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