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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acculturation | The process of adjustment to the dominant culture |
| Assimilation | The process of giving up cultural traditions and adopting the social customs of the dominant culture of a place |
| Custom | The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act |
| Folk culture | Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups |
| Habit | A repetitive act performed by a particular individual |
| Popular culture | Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics |
| Taboo | A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom |
| Terroir | The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes |