cultural adaptation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofculturalandadaptation
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cultural
adjective
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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adaptation
noun
uk/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
the process of changing to suit ...
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(Definition ofculturalandadaptationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Obedience and religion were both subject toculturaladaptationduring the turbulent sixteenth century, as the three books under review will show.
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Translocal normality implies a very low degree ofculturaladaptation.
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In this case, however, the relatively privileged position of the winter residents madeculturaladaptationan individual choice rather than a necessity.
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Moreover, a new culturally induced environmental change may be responded to exclusively by a newculturaladaptation.
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Ideals of mobility and views ofculturaladaptationdiffer among them, although there was a tendency to downplay issues of cultural difference.
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It implies a desire for, and often quite substantial efforts towards,culturaladaptation.
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But the old culture and the old social habits reasserted themselves, less in the form of a counterrevolution than as aculturaladaptationthat had some of the same effects.
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Traditional family dynamics in refugee families disturbed byculturaladaptationtend to destabilize important cultural norms, which can create a rift between parent and child.
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Its concept of what it called a multiracial society envisaged complete racial integration, including intermarriage, as well asculturaladaptation.
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Each group has distinctive characteristics, accents, customs, social patterns, and forms ofculturaladaptationto climate and topography that differentiates it from other groups.
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Terms with meanings similar to transcreation include creative translation, cross-market copywriting, international copy adaptation, marketing translation, internationalization, localization andculturaladaptation.
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However, this entry specifically applies cultural schema theory to sojourners crossculturaladaptation.
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