Definition of: transculturation

(trans·kul′chə·rā′shən) noun Anthropol.
1. The processes, resulting in the development of new cultural phenomena and the disappearance of old, involved in the transition of a group or a people from one culture context to another.
2. The transition itself. [<TRANS- + culturation development of a culture <CULTUR(E) + -ATION]
—trans·cul′tu·ra′tive adjective