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noun
The process by which a person adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which they are immersed (or born).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: socialization, socialisation, acculturation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social control
Narrower terms: cultivation, breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English enculturation From en- + culture + -ation.
