enculturate
Americanverb (used with object)
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"We show that enculturated chimpanzees can distinguish crystals from other stones," said lead author Prof Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, an Ikerbasque Research Professor on crystallography at the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastián.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The researchers say the ability to understand pretend objects appears to fall within the cognitive range of at least one enculturated ape.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026
And it is clear from our observations of this whale’s behavior that Hvaldi was removed from his own social group at a young age and enculturated by norms specific to human interaction.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2023
It also seems true that within academia, there are subfields into which we are enculturated, and which inform and shape our thinking.
From Slate ● May 2, 2013
But part is also the enculturated national DNA to see these things not as trivial but as integral to the life of a free people.
From Time Magazine Archive
They can be extremely competitive, attracting people into it who are already competitive, then enculturating them to become even more so.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 18, 2012
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