acculture

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/əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/

verb

To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant

“I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.”

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Meanings

verbacculture (third-person singular simple present accultures, present participle acculturing, simple past and past participle accultured)

present singular third person accultures · participle present acculturing · participle past accultured · past accultured

  1. To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant

    I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
acclimate

Origin

Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.

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Translations

Catalan aculturar
  • aculturarfamiliarize oneself with a new culture
Finnish kotiutua, kotoutua
  • kotiutuafamiliarize oneself with a new culture
  • kotoutuafamiliarize oneself with a new culture
  • akkulturoituafamiliarize oneself with a new culture
French acculturer
  • acculturerfamiliarize oneself with a new culture
German akkulturieren
  • akkulturierenfamiliarize oneself with a new culture
Portuguese aculturar-se
  • aculturar-sefamiliarize oneself with a new culture
Russian адапти́роваться, интегри́роваться
  • адапти́роваться (adaptírovatʹsja)familiarize oneself with a new culture
  • интегри́роваться (integrírovatʹsja)familiarize oneself with a new culture
Spanish aculturar
  • aculturarfamiliarize oneself with a new culture
Cite this entry
APA

acculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acculture

MLA

“acculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acculture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acculture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acculture.

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