acculturize
/əˈkʌltʃərʌɪz/(also acculturise) originally US
verb
[with object] To cause (a person or group) to adapt to or adopt a different culture, especially that of a colonizing, conquering, or majority group; to subject to acculturation.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in American Anthropologist. From ac- + culture + -ize, probably after acculturized.
- non-residence
- non-residency
- non-resident
- non-residential
- non-residentiary
- non-residing
- non-resistance
- non-resistant
- non-resisting
- non-response
- non-restraint
- non-restrictive
- non-retaliation
- non-return
- non-returnable
- non-return-to-zero
- nonreward
- nonrewarded
- non-rhotic
- non-riding
- non-rigid
- non-Roman
- non-rotating
- non-ruminant
- non-rural