enculturation
noun
en·cul·tur·a·tion in-ˌkəl-chə-ˈrā-shən 
(ˌ)en-
(ˌ)en- : the process by which an individual learns the traditional content of a culture and assimilates its practices and values
enculturate
in-ˈkəl-chə-ˌrāt (ˌ)en-
verb (ˌ)en- 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Thomas also points to the hidden curriculum and the ease that comes with lifelong enculturation. 
Cathleen O’grady, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2021
Cathleen O’grady, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2021 Word History
Etymology
en- entry 1 + culture entry 1 + -ation, perhaps after acculturation
Note: Word promulgated, if not introduced, by the American anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963) in Man and His Works: The Science of Cultural Anthropology (New York, 1948).
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
enculturating
verb
as in conditioning
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- conditioning
- acculturating
- intermingling
- habituating
- merging
- combining
- commingling
- blending
- amalgamating
- integrating
- accustoming
- embodying
- incorporating
- mingling
- naturalizing
- fusing
- absorbing
- assimilating
- co-opting
- to windward
- to wit
- to within
- to yourself
- to yourself/himself/herself/themselves
- to, er
- to-and-fro
- to-arrive
- to-australoid
- to-be
- to-communist
- to-corinthian
- to-do
- to-do list
- to-dos
- to-enol tautomerism
- to-fall
- to-go
- to-indo-european
- to-ing and fro-ing
- to-ings and fro-ings
- to-inhibitory
- to-name
- to-occipital fissure
- to-ovo vegetarian