acculturation

English Thesaurus

1. the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture (noun.act)

hypernym	:	social control,
definition	:	control exerted (actively or passively) by group action (noun.act)

hyponym	:	cultivation,
definition	:	socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners (noun.act)

hyponym	:	breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing,
definition	:	helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community (noun.act)

2. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	education,
definition	:	the gradual process of acquiring knowledge (noun.cognition)

3. all the knowledge and values shared by a society (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	cognitive content, content, mental object,
definition	:	the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	meme,
definition	:	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) (noun.cognition)

4. the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture (noun.act)

derivation	:	acculturate,
definition	:	assimilate culturally (verb.change)

derivation	:	socialise, socialize,
definition	:	prepare for social life (verb.change)

derivation	:	socialise, socialize,
definition	:	train for a social environment (verb.social)

derivation	:	acculturational, acculturative,
definition	:	of or relating to acculturation (adj.pert)

5. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in,
definition	:	take up mentally (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	acculturational, acculturative,
definition	:	of or relating to acculturation (adj.pert)

6. all the knowledge and values shared by a society (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	acculturate,
definition	:	assimilate culturally (verb.change)

derivation	:	cultural, ethnic, ethnical,
definition	:	denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people (adj.all)

derivation	:	cultural,
definition	:	of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society (adj.pert)

7. the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture (noun.act)

derivation	:	acculturate,
definition	:	assimilate culturally (verb.change)

derivation	:	socialise, socialize,
definition	:	prepare for social life (verb.change)

derivation	:	socialise, socialize,
definition	:	train for a social environment (verb.social)

derivation	:	acculturational, acculturative,
definition	:	of or relating to acculturation (adj.pert)

8. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in,
definition	:	take up mentally (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	acculturational, acculturative,
definition	:	of or relating to acculturation (adj.pert)

9. all the knowledge and values shared by a society (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	acculturate,
definition	:	assimilate culturally (verb.change)

derivation	:	cultural, ethnic, ethnical,
definition	:	denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people (adj.all)

derivation	:	cultural,
definition	:	of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society (adj.pert)