acculturation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
Types & categories
- social control hypernym
- cultivation hyponym
- bringing up hyponym
Related & opposite
- acculturate derivation
- socialize derivation
- socialize derivation
- acculturational derivation
Sense 2 noun
all the knowledge and values shared by a society
Types & categories
- cognitive content hypernym
- meme hyponym
Related & opposite
- acculturate derivation
- ethnic derivation
- cultural derivation
Sense 3 noun
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Types & categories
- education hypernym
Related & opposite
- assimilate derivation
- acculturational derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acculturate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | socialize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | socialize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acculturational |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | social control |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cultivation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bringing up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acculturate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ethnic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cultural |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | meme |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acculturational |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | education |