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Noun: enculturation  en`kúl-chu'rey-shun
  1. The adoption of the behaviour patterns of the surrounding culture
    "the enculturation of children to the norms of their culture"
    - socialization, socialisation [Brit], acculturation

Derived forms: enculturations

Type of: social control

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