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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACCULTURATE

From ad- + culture + -ate1.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ACCULTURATE

acculturate  [əˈkʌltʃəˌreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCULTURATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acculturate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb acculturate in English.

WHAT DOES ACCULTURATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

acculturate

Acculturation

Acculturation explains the process of cultural change and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures. The effects of acculturation can be seen at multiple levels in both interacting cultures. At the group level, acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social institutions. Noticeable group level effects of acculturation often include changes in food, clothing, and language. At the individual level, differences in the way individuals acculturate have been shown to be associated not just with changes in daily behavior, but with numerous measures of psychological and physical well-being. As enculturation is used to describe the process of first-culture learning, acculturation can be thought of as second-culture learning. The concept of acculturation has been studied scientifically since 1918. As it has been approached at different times from the fields of psychology, anthropology, and sociology, numerous theories and definitions have emerged to describe elements of the acculturative process.

Definition of acculturate in the English dictionary

The definition of acculturate in the dictionary is to assimilate the cultural traits of another group.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ACCULTURATE

PRESENT

Present
I acculturate
you acculturate
he/she/it acculturates
we acculturate
you acculturate
they acculturate
Present continuous
I am acculturating
you are acculturating
he/she/it is acculturating
we are acculturating
you are acculturating
they are acculturating
Present perfect
I have acculturated
you have acculturated
he/she/it has acculturated
we have acculturated
you have acculturated
they have acculturated
Present perfect continuous
I have been acculturating
you have been acculturating
he/she/it has been acculturating
we have been acculturating
you have been acculturating
they have been acculturating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I acculturated
you acculturated
he/she/it acculturated
we acculturated
you acculturated
they acculturated
Past continuous
I was acculturating
you were acculturating
he/she/it was acculturating
we were acculturating
you were acculturating
they were acculturating
Past perfect
I had acculturated
you had acculturated
he/she/it had acculturated
we had acculturated
you had acculturated
they had acculturated
Past perfect continuous
I had been acculturating
you had been acculturating
he/she/it had been acculturating
we had been acculturating
you had been acculturating
they had been acculturating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will acculturate
you will acculturate
he/she/it will acculturate
we will acculturate
you will acculturate
they will acculturate
Future continuous
I will be acculturating
you will be acculturating
he/she/it will be acculturating
we will be acculturating
you will be acculturating
they will be acculturating
Future perfect
I will have acculturated
you will have acculturated
he/she/it will have acculturated
we will have acculturated
you will have acculturated
they will have acculturated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been acculturating
you will have been acculturating
he/she/it will have been acculturating
we will have been acculturating
you will have been acculturating
they will have been acculturating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would acculturate
you would acculturate
he/she/it would acculturate
we would acculturate
you would acculturate
they would acculturate
Conditional continuous
I would be acculturating
you would be acculturating
he/she/it would be acculturating
we would be acculturating
you would be acculturating
they would be acculturating
Conditional perfect
I would have acculturate
you would have acculturate
he/she/it would have acculturate
we would have acculturate
you would have acculturate
they would have acculturate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been acculturating
you would have been acculturating
he/she/it would have been acculturating
we would have been acculturating
you would have been acculturating
they would have been acculturating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you acculturate
we let´s acculturate
you acculturate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to acculturate
Past participle
acculturated
Present Participle
acculturating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCULTURATE


accelerate
ækˈsɛləˌreɪt
collaborate
kəˈlæbəˌreɪt
commemorate
kəˈmɛməˌreɪt
cooperate
kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt
decorate
ˈdɛkəˌreɪt
degenerate
dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
deteriorate
dɪˈtɪərɪəˌreɪt
evaporate
ɪˈvæpəˌreɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
incorporate
ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
liberate
ˈlɪbəˌreɪt
monounsaturate
ˌmɒnəʊʌnˈsætʃəˌreɪt
operate
ˈɒpəˌreɪt
proliferate
prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt
refrigerate
rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪt
regenerate
rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
reiterate
riːˈɪtəˌreɪt
saturate
ˈsætʃəˌreɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
tolerate
ˈtɒləˌreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCULTURATE

accubation
accultural
acculturation
acculturational
acculturative
accumbency
accumbent
accumulable
accumulate
accumulation
accumulation point
accumulative
accumulatively
accumulativeness
accumulator
accuracies
accuracy
accurate
accurately
accurateness

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCULTURATE

accurate
at any rate
barbiturate
commensurate
configurate
curate
cyanurate
depurate
figurate
inaccurate
inaugurate
incommensurate
maturate
micturate
obdurate
oversaturate
sulphurate
supersaturate
suppurate
triturate
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Synonyms and antonyms of acculturate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acculturate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCULTURATE

Find out the translation of acculturate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acculturate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acculturate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

社会化的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aculturarse
570 millions of speakers

English

acculturate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

acculturate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التأقلم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прививать культуру
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aculturar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্য সংস্কৃতির সঙ্গে খাপ খাইয়ে নেওয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acculturation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acculturate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

acculturate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

acculturate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

acculturate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acculturate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

acculturate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

acculturate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Acculturate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kültürlerinden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acculturarsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adaptację
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прищеплювати культуру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acculturate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταυτίζεται πολιτισμικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acculturate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

acculturate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acculturate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acculturate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCULTURATE»

The term «acculturate» is normally little used and occupies the 126.267 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCULTURATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «acculturate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «acculturate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acculturate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCULTURATE»

Discover the use of acculturate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acculturate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Immigrant Families in Contemporary Society
What is the relationship between how they acculturate and how well they adapt? If there are variations in how people acculturate, and variation in how well they adapt, this third question inevitably arises. If there are systematic relationships, the ...
Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby D. Deater-Deckard, Marc H. Bornstein, 2009
2
Living Two Lives and Two Cultures: The Fight to Acculturate ...
A qualitative project using in-depth interviews examined the acculturation trends of Asian Indian adolescents.
Samantha S. Samuel, 2006
3
Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age
An. Invitation. to. Acculturate. U. nlike assimilation, whereby one's culture, language, and background are discarded, acculturation is an adding on, expanding process, which begins with listening and being open to learning. One must be ...
Juana Bordas, 2012
4
Counseling Across Cultures
One facet is how individual members of ethnic groups, whether migrants, refugees,indigenous peoples,or even tourists,acculturate to a new society,but also how members of the dominant society acculturate to the members of the ethnic groups.
Paul Pedersen, 2008
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Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies
Even siblings within the same family—who are titularly the same generation—do not necessarily acculturate in the same ways or to the same degree. Generational discrepancies in acculturation are therefore common in immigrant families ...
Steven J. Gold, Stephanie J. Nawyn, 2013
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Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies: ...
... Berry, 2009; Berry & Sam, 2003; Rudmin & Ahmadzadeh, 2001). The three questions arethefollowing: 1 Howdopeople acculturate? Are there variations inacculturation strategies,in the goalsthat societies and individuals seek to achieve?
Assaad E. Azzi, Xenia Chryssochoou, Bert Klandermans, 2011
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Education as Both a Cause of and Solution to Problems in ...
Alana, Bean, Joni, Pheasant, and SHATTERPROOF started to self-correct when they misused the terms assimilate and acculturate, and SHATTERPROOF one time identified his misuse of the terms saying, “ See (laughter) there's the ...
Charlie R. Garriott, 2007
8
Power Verbs for Career Consultants, Coaches, and Mentors: ...
ACCULTURATE. (1) adapt; adjust; cause (asociety, for example) to change by the process of acculturation; change behavior to suit a new culture; fit in Word Used in Sentence(s) (1) “The main reason why newly hired outside executives have ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, 2013
9
Human Resource Management, 1E
(ii) Stress Reduction: Expatriates who tend to acculturate more readily if they engage in activities that help them reduce stress are expected to perform at a higher level because they tend to acculturate more readily than those without such ...
P G Aquinas, 2009
10
Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health: Assessment and ...
There also is individual resistance to acculturate by some minority-group members. Some hold onto traditional cultural beliefs, values, customs, language, behaviors, and so on, while resisting mainstream cultural influences. These are referred ...
Freddy A. Paniagua, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCULTURATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acculturate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boys Town Jerusalem Not Only Home, But Haven to Dr. Maro Gete
He credits his teachers at Boys Town Jerusalem with enabling him to develop into the person he is today. “They helped me acculturate and feel ... «Jewish Link of New Jersey, Jul 15»
2
Wisconsin university dubs 'America is a melting pot' a racial …
... melting pot” because, according to the document, it represents a message that minorities must “assimilate/acculturate to the dominant culture. «The College Fix, Jun 15»
3
California, Where Brown and Gray America Collide
These are groups inherently loyal to the U.S. and able to acculturate thanks to a civic culture that fosters engagement in our democratic ... «TIME, Jun 15»
4
LiNC 2015: Lithium sticks the landing
A lot of the uncertainties they had been subject to were related to trying to figure out how to justify, message around, acculturate and integrate ... «ZDNet, Jun 15»
5
Big Brother Fed Uses Biodata to Track School Lunch Choices
... are concerned that this form of data collection will acculturate an entire generation to the use of biometrics, regardless of security concerns:. «PJ Media, Jun 15»
6
Filmmaker envisions documentary on Mennonites
“You want to acculturate, and it pulls back. It takes generations to pull away, and when you do, it pulls back.” He envisions a one- to two-hour ... «Mennonite World Review, Jun 15»
7
Toyoda defends 'close friend' Hamp after arrest
Toyoda applauded the American businesswoman's efforts to acculturate to Japan as the first non-Japanese Toyota executive to take up ... «Automotive News, Jun 15»
8
Korea should face its demographic crisis head on
... bi-ethnic/bi-racial children and multicultural families are in planning so as to educate and acculturate the majority population to the increasing ... «Brookings Institution, Jun 15»
9
Reward for Mutual Benefits
True, Mutual Benefits has strived over the years to helping Nigerians acculturate to having insurance policy. As a Nigerian company with ... «THISDAY Live, Jun 15»
10
Art makes fatherless children smile
The project intends to define vulnerable people's requirements, most of whom migrated to Istanbul, and design rational projects to acculturate ... «Daily Sabah, Jun 15»

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