enculturated

past tense of enculturate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enculturated
Verb
  • And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The tale of Rip Van Winkle is nested within various layers of storytelling, to a degree that can be confounding even for contemporary readers accustomed to such authorial gamesmanship.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Sally was accustomed to the dense whitetail cover back in Michigan, and this didn’t look right to her.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Steinman lacked the meticulous attention to detail they had been conditioned to demand by Lange, going so far as to accept an out-of-tune warm-up take.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Traders have been conditioned to assume the huge spending numbers will only get even bigger, the only mistake has been to fade the obvious reaction.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Enculturated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enculturated. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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