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单词 acculturize
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acculturizev.

Brit. /əˈkʌltʃərʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈkəltʃəˌraɪz/
Forms: 1800s– acculturize, 1900s– acculturise.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ac- prefix, culture n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < ac- prefix + culture n. + -ize suffix, probably after acculturized adj.
Originally U.S.
transitive. To cause (a person or group) to adapt to or adopt a different culture, esp. that of a colonizing, conquering, or majority group; to subject to acculturation.
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1932 Amer. Anthropologist 34 410 The region about Chesapeake bay is a likely source from which Archaic Algonkin groups, acculturized with such new increments as pottery, polished slates, and the grooved ax,..were turned northward again.
1969 Times 24 Jan. 6/8 South American tribes, however, who have exploited them [sc. hallucinogens] most widely, are now being ‘acculturized’ at a rapid pace.
1989 W. Preston in W. Preston et al. Hope & Folly 16 Americanization programs which were designed to acculturize the outsider to acceptable local norms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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