| acculturation definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend | 95 sets |
| 2 | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | 60 sets |
| 3 | (n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend | 60 sets |
| 4 | adaptation | 31 sets |
| 5 | (n) the modification of social patterns, traits, structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; adaption. | 18 sets |
| 6 | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another | 16 sets |
| 7 | (n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another | 16 sets |
| 8 | n. the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend | 15 sets |
| 9 | adaption | 9 sets |
| 10 | (n) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend | 8 sets |
| 11 | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another | 8 sets |
| 12 | process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture | 7 sets |
| 13 | the modification of social patterns | 7 sets |
| 14 | process of adopting only certain customs that will be to their advantage | 7 sets |
| 15 | when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation | 6 sets |
| 16 | cultural modification resulting from intercultural borrowing | 6 sets |
| 17 | the adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another. | 5 sets |
| 18 | (n) the modification of the social patters, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend | 5 sets |
| 19 | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | 5 sets |
| 20 | the process of accepting new ideas and fitting them into a culture | 5 sets |
| 21 | syn: adaptation | 5 sets |
| 22 | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another, the resultant blend | 4 sets |
| 23 | the process of cultural changes that result from long-term contact with another society | 4 sets |
| 24 | cultural modification resulting from intercultural borrowing. | 4 sets |
| 25 | the process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture | 4 sets |
| 26 | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend. | 4 sets |
| 27 | the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group. | 4 sets |
| 28 | n- the modification of social patterns traits or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another. | 3 sets |
| 29 | modification of social patterns | 3 sets |
| 30 | the degree to which a person is socially and psychologically integrated into a new culture. | 3 sets |
| 31 | the exchange of cultural features that results when groups come into continuous firsthand contact, the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct | 3 sets |
| 32 | (u-curve hypothesis: honeymoon, hostility, humor, home) the process by which an individual adapts to a new culture. | 3 sets |
| 33 | the adoption of the language, customs, values, and behaviors of host nations by immigrants | 3 sets |
| 34 | adapting to the norms of the dominant culture | 3 sets |
| 35 | the process of accepting, borrowing, and exchanging ideas | 3 sets |
| 36 | the adoption by an ethnic group of enough of the ways of the host society to be able to function economically and socially. | 3 sets |
| 37 | the modification of the socail patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resulatnat blend | 3 sets |
| 38 | (n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contract with those of another; the resultant blend | 3 sets |
| 39 | a merging of cultures creating a blended culture | 3 sets |
| 40 | n | 3 sets |