different between acculturation vs acculture

English

Etymology

First attested in 1880; ad- (“toward”) +? culture +? -ation (“a process”); equivalent to acculturate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?k?l.t??.??e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

acculturation (countable and uncountable, plural acculturations)

1. A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
2. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.

Usage notes

Some social scientists reverse the meanings of enculturation and acculturation.

Derived terms

• acculturate
• acculturationist

Translations

French

Etymology

From English acculturation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kyl.ty.?a.sj??/

Noun

acculturation f (plural acculturations)

1. acculturation

English

Etymology

Either ac- +? culture or a back-formation from acculturation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k?l.t???/
• Audio (US, Northern California)

Verb

acculture (third-person singular simple present accultures, present participle acculturing, simple past and past participle accultured)

1. To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant

   I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.

Related terms

• acculturation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: acculturent, accultures

Verb

acculture

1. first-person singular present indicative of acculturer
2. third-person singular present indicative of acculturer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of acculturer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of acculturer
5. second-person singular imperative of acculturer

Latin

Participle

accult?re

1. vocative masculine singular of accult?rus