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Acculturation

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Acculturation (acquiring cultural characteristics): see CULTURAL RELATIVITY.

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