1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Enculturation

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Lexulous
Wordscraper
Wordosaur

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the process by which an individual adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which he or she is immersed

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

Word Usage

"While socialization refers to the general process of acquiring culture, anthropologists use the term enculturation for the process of being socialized to a particular culture."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

social control

Hyponym

bringing up breeding upbringing fostering nurture raising cultivation fosterage rearing