| NOUN | act | acculturation, socialization, socialisation, enculturation | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | acculturation, culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society | |
| cognition | acculturation, assimilation | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
| Meaning | The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | socialization, socialisation, enculturation | |
| Narrower | breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing | Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community |
| cultivation | socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners | |
| Broader | social control | Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
| Spanish | aculturación, endoculturación | |
| Catalan | aculturació | |
| Adjectives | acculturational | of or relating to acculturation |
| Verbs | acculturate | assimilate culturally |
| Meaning | All the knowledge and values shared by a society. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | culture | |
| Narrower | meme | A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation) |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
| Spanish | cultura | |
| Catalan | cultura | |
| Meaning | The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | assimilation | |
| Broader | education | The gradual process of acquiring knowledge |
| Spanish | aculturación, asimilación | |
| Adjectives | acculturational, acculturative | of or relating to acculturation |
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