acculturize

American

[uh-kuhl-chuh-rahyz] / əˈkʌl tʃəˌraɪz /

especially British, acculturise

verb (used with object)

acculturized, acculturizing

to cause (a nation, tribe, or other ethnic group) to adopt the culture of another people.

First recorded in 1890–95; accultur(ation) + -ize

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