acculturation
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(noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
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Synonyms: assimilation |
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Related Words: education |
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(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
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Synonyms: culture |
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Related Words: cognitive content, content, mental object |
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(noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
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Synonyms: socialisation, socialization |
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Related Words: breeding, bringing up, cultivation, fosterage, fostering, nurture, nurturing, raising, rearing, social control, upbringing |
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