I am of the opinion that the word transculturation better expresses the different phases of the process of transition from one culture to another because this does not consist merely in acquiring another culture, which is what the English word acculturation really implies, but the process also necessarily involves the loss or uprooting of a previous culture, which could be defined as a deculturation. In addition it carries the idea of the consequent ceration of new cultural phenomena, which could be called neoculturation (Ortiz 102-103).
Ortiz, Fernando. “On the Social Phenomenon of “Transculturation” and Its Importance in Cuba.” Cuban Counterpoint, Tobacco and Sugar, Duke University Press, 1995, pp. 97-103.