acculturates
Adopts new customs
Acculturates means adapts to or adopts the cultural traits of another group.
The word typically describes immigrants or minorities taking on the language, customs, and values of a dominant culture: She gradually acculturated to American life.
It can also describe the process in reverse—a dominant culture absorbing elements from newcomers.
The noun is acculturation.
Long-established customs passed down
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- practicesRepeated training sessions
- normsExpected behavioral standards
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
beliefs · mores · etiquette · ceremonies · heritage · conventions · observances · taboos
Between different cultures
- diversityState of varied elements
- inclusionBeing made part
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
blending · merging · synthesis · convergence · fusion · intermingling · pluralism · coexistence
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- practicesRepeated training sessions
- normsExpected behavioral standards
values · beliefs · mores · etiquette · ceremonies · heritage · conventions · observances · taboos · rites
intercultural
Between different cultures
assimilation · blending · merging · synthesis · convergence · fusion · intermingling · pluralism · coexistence · bicultural
assimilate
Absorb and incorporate fully
absorb · conform · acclimate · blend · incorporate · naturalize · harmonize · align · adopt · accustom
acculturatessegregates
Divides by category
isolates · separates · withdraws · ghettoizes · enclaves