acculturate

Meaning

Verb

  • To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.
  • To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth.
  • To be changed by acculturation.

Origin

  • ; first attested in 1923

Modern English dictionary

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