inculturation
- noun
- /ˌɪn.kʌl.tʃəˈreɪ.ʃən/
- Specialized
:
inculturación
- In his lectures, the professor emphasized how inculturation is essential for the survival of cultural identities.
Examples
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Effective inculturation helps immigrants adapt to their new culture while still valuing their original heritage.
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In this sense, inculturation is synonymous with first evangelization.
Academic text (2008) -
The second sense of inculturation follows closely from the first: a process in which the faith embodied in one culture encounters another culture and becomes embodied in it.
Academic text (2008) -
The fundamental movement has not been toward secularization in the sense that only secular or nonreligious experience has value; rather, it has been and is toward inculturation, a process that is itself a necessary prerequisite to evangelization.
Academic text (1993) -
The process of inculturation allows individuals to embrace the traditions and customs of their new community.
Synonyms
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5.7
People adopting the customs and way of life of a larger group
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4.7
Learning the ways and rules of a group or society
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6.1
A smaller cultural group becomes part of a larger group's customs
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8.2
Adopting the customs and daily life of another culture
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9.3
Learning a culture's values and ways, often starting in childhood
How Integrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
inculturation = inculturate (semi-transparent) = in + culture + ation
The noun is formed by regular suffixation (-ation) from the verb 'inculturate', so the immediate derivational step is straightforward.
Etymology
Inculturation combines in- 'into' and culture 'way of life', just like cultivate means 'to grow' or 'care for'. So inculturation is the process of being 'grown into' a group's habits and values, which is why it means learning and adopting a culture.