acculturation

Example Sentences

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They sought to accelerate the acculturation and assimilation of the many immigrants into one people, which, as the Massachusetts political and literary figure Fisher Ames pointed out, meant, “to use the modern jargon, nationalized.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

It’s something I learned as part of my acculturation as a New Orleanian.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

"This naturally led to discussions about the impact of other stressors, like discrimination and acculturation, on the infant brain."

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

Another is acculturation, which Katz defined as “a process where you keep part of your culture” as you take in a new one.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

But the process of acculturation was accelerating as settlers began to move onto the reservation.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann