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/əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · noun
A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one..
It would be difficult to designate the Ghost Dance of the Indians of North America, for instance, as anything but a phenomenon of acculturation; […].
The cultural complex shows such power of survival mainly because its practitioners know how to adapt to modernization, including Western medicine, just as their ancestors knew how to adapt their careers and art to acculturation processes during the Conquest and subsequent eras.
Use acculturation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Acculturation means A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one..
Common synonyms include culture, assimilation, socialization, socialisation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It would be difficult to designate the Ghost Dance of the Indians of North America, for instance, as anything but a phenomenon of acculturation; […].
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