cultural absorption

noun
UK /ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl əbˈzɔːp.ʃən/
US /ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl əbˈzɔːrp.ʃən/

When one group of people slowly takes in the ways, words, and customs of another group.

The cultural absorption of immigrant traditions into the city's festivals happened over many years.

SYNONYMS

assimilationintegrationacculturationincorporationblending

RELATED WORDS

cultureabsorptionassimilationtraditioncustom

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The process by which a smaller culture becomes part of a larger one.

Scholars studied the cultural absorption of local dialects into the national language.

3. The way a person or group learns and adopts the habits of a surrounding culture.

Her cultural absorption was quick after she moved abroad and made new friends.

4. In business, when a company takes on the customs and values of another company it joins.

The merger led to cultural absorption, with the smaller firm adopting the bigger firm's routines.