Acculturation vs Acculture - What's the difference?
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A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits, starting at birth.
To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant
Acculture is a related term of acculturation.
As a noun acculturation
is a process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.As a verb acculture is
to familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.acculturation
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Usage notes
* Some social scientists reverse the meanings of enculturation and acculturation. Primary socialization is sometimes called enculturation, while secondary socialization is sometimes called acculturation.acculture
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Verb
(accultur)- I accultured''' myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to '''acculture to life in Hong Kong.