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.
- ahead
- ahead of
- ahead of one's (or its) time
- ahead of (or behind) schedule
- ahead of (or behind) the curve
- ahead of (or behind) the game
- ahead of time
- a head start
- aheap
- a heartbeat (away) from
- aheight
- a-height
- a helping hand
- ahem
- ahermatypic
- Ahern, Bertie
- ahi
- ahigh
- a high old ——
- ahight
- a hill of beans
- ahimsa
- ahind
- ahistoric
- ahistorical