acculture
/əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
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acculture verb: to familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.
Verb
acculture (third-person singular simple present accultures, present participle acculturing, simple past and past participle accultured)
- 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.
Forms of acculture
| third-person singular present | accultures |
|---|---|
| present participle | acculturing |
| past participle | accultured |
| past | accultured |
Origin of acculture
Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.
Words formed from acculture
Questions about acculture
- What does acculture mean?
- Acculture means to familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.
- What part of speech is acculture?
- Acculture is a verb.
- How do you pronounce acculture?
- Acculture is pronounced /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/.
- What is the past tense of acculture?
- The past tense of acculture is accultured.
Words near acculture in the dictionary
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