Definition of Acculturating

1. Verb. (present participle of acculturate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acculturating

1. acculturate [v] - See also: acculturate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acculturating

accrue
accrued
accruement
accruements
accruer
accrues
accruing
accrument
accruments
acct
accts
accubation
acculturate
acculturated
acculturates
acculturating (current term)
acculturation
acculturational
acculturations
acculturative
acculture
accultured
accultures
acculturing
accumb
accumbency
accumbent
accumbents
accumber
accumbered

Literary usage of Acculturating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hispanic edited by Jose Szapocznik (1998)
"Our previous work with acculturating Cuban refugee families in the 1970's and early 1980's had led to the development of Bicultural Effectiveness Training ..."

2. Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for edited by Ada-Helen Bayer, Frances L. Brisbane, Amelie Ramirez, Leonard G. Epstein (1998)
"... for both processes occurring within acculturating individuals and interpersonal processes occurring between acculturating individuals (Chance, 1965). ..."

3. Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families by Peter Finn, Julie E. Tomz (1998)
"... training them to change their supervisory styles can be extremely important because these officers play a tremendous role in acculturating new officers. ..."

4. Shifting Understandings Of Skills In South Africa: Overcoming The Historical by Simon A. McGrath, Human Sciences Research Council (2004)
"Under these circumstances, the majority of outstation mission primary schools served as acculturating institutions, informed by a circumscribed notion of ..."

5. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"... source of stress for those who are upwardly mobile and accultur- ating, and for children and adults who may be acculturating at different rates. ..."

6. Measuring Up: Improving Health System Performance in Oecd Countries by Canada Health Canada (2002)
"This in effect might mean launching a process of acculturating the general public to information on the clinical outcomes of hospitals. ..."

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