acculturation /əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ noun2 •A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one.It would be difficult to designate the Ghost Dance of the Indians of North America, for instance, as anything but a phenomenon of acculturation; […]. — 1958 •A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth. formsacculturations