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- noun the process by which an individual adopts the
behaviour patterns of theculture in which he or she is immersed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
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Examples
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While socialization refers to the general process of acquiring culture, anthropologists use the term enculturation for the process of being socialized to a particular culture.
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During the hour I spend in her company, she evangelises not about her own religion, but what she calls "enculturation and inclusiveness", and programmes and schemes aimed at drawing the locals together.
The Guardian World News John Harris 2011
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What I find interesting about this and other viral marketing campaigns is related more to the synchronization of human behavior and the enculturation of certain normative behaviors.
Discourse.net: Privacy is More About Control than About Content 2010
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In retrospect, it appears we required a developed and reflexive feminist, gay and transgendered global vision to see through the prejudice governing sexuality, gender, ethnicity and the legislative restraints that paternally impose on enculturation and self-identification.
G. Roger Denson: Gender as Performance & Script: Reading the Art of Yvonne Rainer, Cindy Sherman, Sarah Charlesworth & Lorna Simpson After Eve Sedgwick & Judith Butler G. Roger Denson 2011
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Or are we to assume that a variety of factors, such as assimilation, education, enculturation, and wealth, levelled out the IQ discrepancy?
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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Most of us are products of our own enculturation unless we make a concious effort to remain objective.
im 14 and whats the deal with videogame companys that are making games about hunting. 2010
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In retrospect, it appears we required a developed and reflexive feminist, gay and transgendered global vision to see through the prejudice governing sexuality, gender, ethnicity and the legislative restraints that paternally impose on enculturation and self-identification.
G. Roger Denson: Gender as Performance & Script: Reading the Art of Yvonne Rainer, Cindy Sherman, Sarah Charlesworth & Lorna Simpson After Eve Sedgwick & Judith Butler G. Roger Denson 2011
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Through enculturation, the wandering bands of people adapted to a more settled life.
The Real Truth about the European Monarchy | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Education and other forms of enculturation are a way of endowing one of your selves social capital, so that it can prevail more frequently in that intimate contest for self-command.
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Most of us are products of our own enculturation unless we make a concious effort to remain objective.
im 14 and whats the deal with videogame companys that are making games about hunting. 2010
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