Sentence examples for be acculturated from inspiring English sources

The DREAMers are people who could be acculturated and educated here, but who could not, whatever their qualifications, work legally, or even get a driver's license.

Audiences must be acculturated, film by film, until they're ready to accept not just cartoons and horror movies in 3-D, but also mainstream comedies, historical dramas and earnest independent films, too.

As Mr Conroy notes, it takes time for an institution based in the Anglophone world to be acculturated in Asia or Latin America; winning local trust is as crucial as passing exams or gaining licences.

If children are to be acculturated to scientific thinking and behavior even before they attain primary school age, those individuals who have the biggest hand in raising them must be involved.

The story of Hanukah is the story of a civil war in Judea, between those who wished to be acculturated into Greek society and those who had no tolerance for engaging in any aspect of Greek culture (I Maccabees 1 43-2 28 and 2 40-48).

US-born Hispanics are more likely to be acculturated to US lifestyles, including engaging in high-risk behavior (e.g., smoking, drinking, fattier diets), than their foreign-born counterparts [ 8, 39], which in turn could influence survival.

First, proposing to use any measure of acculturation in AI/AN presumes that they have been acculturated, which by definition is the voluntary blending of two or more cultures.

Studies in Japanese and Chinese Americans show a more consistent relationship between acculturation and diabetes prevalence, with a higher diabetes prevalence among Asians who are acculturated to a more Western lifestyle (9, 22, 23).

Americans, he said, are acculturated to believing that "more is best".

Christianity also has been acculturated, when, for example, rooting itself in Africa or Latin America.

Men were acculturated to behave in ways that ignored the sensibilities of women, and that is no longer acceptable.