HyperDic: acculturate

English > 1 sense of the word acculturate:
VERBchangeacculturateassimilate culturally
English > acculturate: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningassimilate culturally.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Narrowerdetribalize, detribaliseCause members of a tribe to lose their cultural / cultural identity
BroaderassimilateBecome similar to one's environment
Spanishaculturar, extranjerizar
Catalanaculturar
Adjectivesacculturativeof or relating to acculturation
Nounsacculturationthe adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
culturethe tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
cultureall the knowledge and values shared by a society
culturea particular society at a particular time and place

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