acculturated
Absorbed local customs
Acculturated describes someone who has adapted to a new culture, adopting its customs, values, and behaviors.
The term often appears in discussions of immigration and assimilation: fully acculturated immigrants, acculturated to American life.
It can also describe exposure to any unfamiliar environment: She had become acculturated to corporate culture.
Changed to improve fit
- acclimatizedAdjusted to new conditions
- habituatedConditioned by repetition
- accustomedAdapted through habit
- familiarizedMade oneself knowledgeable about
conditioned · attuned · acclimated · oriented · settled · accommodated · naturalized · assimilated
Absorbing into a whole
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- integrationCombining into a whole
- incorporationForming a legal entity
mainstreamed · blended · merged · adopted · embraced · immersed · code-switching · biculturalism
Traditional practices or import taxes
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- rites-of-passageCeremonies marking life transitions
socialization · conventions · protocols · rituals · values · practices · mores · taboos
adjusted
Changed to improve fit
- acclimatizedAdjusted to new conditions
- habituatedConditioned by repetition
- accustomedAdapted through habit
familiarized · conditioned · attuned · acclimated · oriented · settled · accommodated · naturalized · assimilated · domesticated
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- integrationCombining into a whole
incorporation · mainstreamed · blended · merged · adopted · embraced · immersed · code-switching · biculturalism · hybridized
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
rites-of-passage · socialization · conventions · protocols · rituals · values · practices · mores · taboos · expectations
- Cultural adaptationanglicized, Hispanicized, Germanized, Hellenized, Latinized
acculturatedunassimilated
Not absorbed into surroundings
unintegrated · unadapted · isolated · segregated · insular
acculturatedtraditional
Following long-held customs
indigenous · native · rooted · unwesternized · ancestral