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enculturations

enculturations is the plural of enculturation.

Meaning of enculturation

Noun

enculturation (countable and uncountable, plural enculturations)

  1. The process by which a person adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which they are immersed (or born).
    • More specifically, enculturation is the process by which the individual through informal and nonformal modes of cultural transmission learns the language, the technological, socioeconomic, ideational, as well as the cognitive and emotional patterns of culture. It is a lifelong learning process that...1979, Johannes Wilbert, editor, Enculturation in Latin America, University of California, page 8

Questions about enculturations

What is enculturations the plural of?
Enculturations is the plural of enculturation.

Words near enculturations in the dictionary

  1. enculturated
  2. enculturates
  3. enculturating
  4. enculturation
  5. enculturational
  6. enculturations
  7. enculture
  8. encultured
  9. encultures
  10. enculturing
  11. encumber

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