Definition of acculturation
1
: cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
the acculturation of immigrants to American life
also
: a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact
2
: the process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy
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The first known use of acculturation was in 1880
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