inculturation
noun
inculturation is a noun meaning “The adaptation of Christian teachings in a non-Christian culture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-C-U-L-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of inculturation is inculturations.
What does inculturation mean?
noun
- 1
The adaptation of Christian teachings in a non-Christian culture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of inculturation
- inculturations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is inculturation?
Inculturation appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Inculturation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense adaptation of Christian teachings in a non-Christian culture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inculturation |
| German | Inkulturation |
| Portuguese | inculturação |
| Spanish | inculturación, inculturización |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.