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Definition of Social Acceptance
(noun) A process of learning about, accepting, and adapting to an innovation.
Example of Social Acceptance
Social Acceptance Pronunciation
Syllabification: so·cial ac·cep·tance
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /sOH-shuhl ik-sEp-tuhns/
- British English – /sOH-shuhl uhk-sEp-tuhns/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /ˈsoʊʃəl ækˈsɛptəns/
- British English – /ˈsəʊʃəl əkˈsɛptəns/
Usage Note
- Plural: social acceptances
Additional Information
- Word origin of “social” and “acceptance” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
- Blum-Kulka, Shoshana. 1997. Dinner Talk: Cultural Patterns of Sociability and Socialization in Family Discourse. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Chari, Sharad, and Stuart Corbridge, eds. 2008. The Development Reader. London: Routledge.
- Jackson, David J. 2009. Entertainment & Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture on Young Adult Political Socialization. 2nd ed. New York: Peter Lang.
- Rogoff, Barbara. 2003. The Cultural Nature of Human Development. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Cite the Definition of Social Acceptance
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “social acceptance.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 20, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/social-acceptance/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
social acceptance. (2014). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/social-acceptance/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “social acceptance.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/social-acceptance/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“social acceptance.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/social-acceptance/>.