Meanings
verbenculturate (third-person singular simple present enculturates, present participle enculturating, simple past and past participle enculturated)
present singular third person enculturates · participle present enculturating · participle past enculturated · past enculturated
- transitiveTo subject to enculturation.
While Nippon Kaisha recruits, trains, and enculturates individuals, these individuals in turn create, modify, and develop the Nippon Kaisha culture.
1991, Tomoko Hamada, American enterprise in Japan
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Old Frenchen-
- Middle Englishen-
- Englishen-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Englishenculturate
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APA
enculturate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enculturate
MLA
“enculturate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enculturate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enculturate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enculturate.
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