Usually means: Eradication of a group's culture.
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▸ noun:  The process of deculturalizing.

Similar:
deculturization, decasualization, decreolization, disnaturalization, decontextualization, decommoditization, destandardization, decomplexification, de-ethnicization, deintellectualization, more...

Opposite:
cultural retention

Types:
forced assimilation, cultural genocide, residential schools, more...

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Similar:
deculturization, decasualization, decreolization, disnaturalization, decontextualization, decommoditization, destandardization, decomplexification, de-ethnicization, deintellectualization, more...

Opposite:
cultural retention

Types:
forced assimilation, cultural genocide, residential schools, more...



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