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      acculturation
      noun
      the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
      all the knowledge and values shared by a society
      the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
      Roots
      colocult- · Latin · cultivate, tend
      Synonyms for acculturation
      enculturationnassimilationnculturensocializationnamericanizationn
      Words related to acculturation
      acculturationaladjacculturativeadjacculturatevenculturatevtransculturationnbiculturalbiculturalismnassimilationismninterculturallyadvtransculturaladjassimilationistsocioculturaladjinterculturalunacculturateddisassimilationnculturaladjassimilatoryadjmulticulturalistnonculturalunassimilateddetribalizevassimilatevwesternizationnmicroculturemulticulturalismndisassimilatevculturelessadjinterculturemulticulturaladjanticultural

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