Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause (a society, for example) to change by the process of acculturation.
- intransitive verb To change or be modified by acculturation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To change one's
culture based on theinfluence of another culture, especially a more advanced culture. - verb transitive To change by acquiring the culture of
society , starting at birth. - verb intransitive To be changed by
acculturation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb assimilate culturally
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Examples
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Hispanics and Latinos south of the border is to "acculturate" their site, which includes many variables, and which the firm he presents offers to their clients.
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Hispanics and Latinos south of the border is to "acculturate" their site, which includes many variables, and which the firm he presents offers to their clients.
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Yet how do we cultivate pride in our rich, vibrant, and multi-faceted Latino heritage and ensure its preservation when we are told to acculturate?
Adrián Aldaba: (Re)claiming RaÃces: The Struggle Against Cultural Amnesia Adrián Aldaba 2012
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Yet how do we cultivate pride in our rich, vibrant, and multi-faceted Latino heritage and ensure its preservation when we are told to acculturate?
Adrián Aldaba: (Re)claiming Raíces: The Struggle Against Cultural Amnesia Adrián Aldaba 2012
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And finally, and most importantly, people are the most important component as I acculturate into Mexico.
MexConnect.com Forums: General: Living, Working, Retiring: Moving to Mexico- a few questions 2009
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Yet how do we cultivate pride in our rich, vibrant, and multi-faceted Latino heritage and ensure its preservation when we are told to acculturate?
Adrián Aldaba: (Re)claiming RaÃces: The Struggle Against Cultural Amnesia Adrián Aldaba 2012
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Yet how do we cultivate pride in our rich, vibrant, and multi-faceted Latino heritage and ensure its preservation when we are told to acculturate?
Adrián Aldaba: (Re)claiming Raíces: The Struggle Against Cultural Amnesia Adrián Aldaba 2012
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Yet how do we cultivate pride in our rich, vibrant, and multi-faceted Latino heritage and ensure its preservation when we are told to acculturate?
Adrián Aldaba: (Re)claiming Raíces: The Struggle Against Cultural Amnesia Adrián Aldaba 2012
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Humans have no right to acculturate Apes under our standards.
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Yet how do we cultivate pride in our rich, vibrant, and multi-faceted Latino heritage and ensure its preservation when we are told to acculturate?
Adrián Aldaba: (Re)claiming RaÃces: The Struggle Against Cultural Amnesia Adrián Aldaba 2012
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