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acculturate
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ac·cul·tur·ate  (-klch-rt)
v. ac·cul·tur·at·ed, ac·cul·tur·at·ing, ac·cul·tur·ates
v.tr.
To cause (a society, for example) to change by the process of acculturation.
v.intr.
To change or be modified by acculturation.
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Verb1.acculturateacculturate - assimilate culturally
assimilate - become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
detribalise, detribalize - cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity
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Thus, the more acculturated a teenager is, the more stress he or she faces and the more likely he or she is to engage in risky behaviors.
Acculturation and the sexual and reproductive health of Latino youth ... by Brindis, Claire D. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
There were those of Christian sympathy, of course, who would happily have welcomed and even joined an acculturated church as just another school of Greco-Roman religious thought, one for which no one need suffer martyrdom, one prepared to extend to others the same easy tolerance extended to them, subject only to nominal homage to the sacred symbols of the Roman Empire.
Judas & Jesus: what did the gnostics really believe? by Miles, Jack / Commonweal
They found that less acculturated men were less likely to be involved in fathering children while most acculturated fathers were more extensively engaged in fathering.
Acculturative stress and social support among Korean and Indian ... by Choi, Jong Baek / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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