interculturation
interculturation noun: the process by which similar cultures that come into contact mutually influence and alter each other.
Noun
interculturation (countable and uncountable, plural interculturations)
- The process by which similar cultures that come into contact mutually influence and alter each other.
- The dual processes of acculturation and interculturation are constitutive of the 'creative ambivalence' characterising the behaviour of Caribbean peoples.2008, Narmala Halstead, Eric Hirsch, Judith Okely, Knowing how to Know: Fieldwork and the Ethnographic Present, page 187
- Terms such as "inculturation," "localization," "contextualization," or "indigenization" of theology (Schreiter 1985, 1) are used for interculturation of faith, but many Indigenous people find these terms, including inculturation, suggestive of colonialist attitudes exerting "power over" the process.2015, Pamela Couture, Robert Mager, Pamela McCarroll, Complex Identities in a Shifting World: One God, Many Stories, page 175
Forms of interculturation
| plural | interculturations |
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Origin of interculturation
From inter- + culture + -ation.
Questions about interculturation
- What does interculturation mean?
- Interculturation means the process by which similar cultures that come into contact mutually influence and alter each other.
- What part of speech is interculturation?
- Interculturation is a noun.
- What is the plural of interculturation?
- The plural of interculturation is interculturations.
Words near interculturation in the dictionary
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