verb
- to teach or introduce someone to the customs, values, and behaviors of a particular culture or social group
Usage: commonly used in anthropology and education contexts
Examples
- Schools work to enculturate students into the values of their community.
- Parents enculturate their children by teaching them family traditions and customs.
- The program aims to enculturate new immigrants into American society.
- Anthropologists study how societies enculturate young people into adult roles.
- Religious institutions enculturate members through rituals and teachings.
- The organization enculturates employees by emphasizing company values during training.