acculturate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *acculturate*:
VERB	change	acculturate	assimilate culturally

English > *acculturate*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	assimilate culturally.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Narrower	detribalize, detribalise	Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural / cultural identity
Broader	assimilate	Become similar to one's environment
Spanish	aculturar, extranjerizar
Catalan	aculturar
Adjectives	acculturative	of or relating to acculturation
Nouns	acculturation	the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
	culture	the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
	culture	all the knowledge and values shared by a society
	culture	a particular society at a particular time and place

HyperDic: acculturate