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bicultural

bicultural

1 5.0
Connected with two different cultures in the same person, family, or place
  • adjective
  • /ˌbaɪˈkʌltʃərəl/
translation icon : bicultural
  • Social scientists have noted the ability of bicultural individuals to select or combine parental cultures in contemporary America.
  • bilingual and bicultural
  • bicultural identity
  • bicultural status

Examples

  • The United States-Mexico borderlands are typically portrayed as a bicultural region, a dynamic interface between Hispanic and Anglo cultures.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The pair had created a comfortable, bicultural life for themselves inside Los Angeles' Chinatown in the early 1940s.

    Academic text (2003)
  • To develop lessons containing multicultural or even bicultural experiences requires extra work by the teachers.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Results indicate that participants managed to maintain bicultural identities and cope with the problems that they encountered.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Furthermore, helping Asian adolescents to have pride in their bicultural identity is crucial for their smooth adjustment and mental health.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Thus, Abel's personal struggle becomes symbolic of a latent crisis among bicultural Native individuals.

    Academic text (2005)
  • As I listened to my mother, I recalled several experiences growing up within a bicultural Arab American familial and communal context.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Growing up in a bicultural household, Maria learned to celebrate both her Italian and Mexican heritage.

  • Living in a bicultural city like Toronto helps individuals appreciate diverse perspectives and traditions.

  • His bicultural upbringing allowed him to navigate between two languages and customs with ease.

Synonyms

intercultural
vsbicultural
3 4.1

About contact between people from different cultures

concerns two cultures being involved rather than stressing their interaction
cross-cultural
vsbicultural
1 4.3

Involving people from two or more different cultures

is limited to exactly two cultures rather than a broader set
transcultural
vsbicultural
1 7.5

Connecting people or ideas from more than one culture

focuses on exactly two cultures rather than spanning many cultures

How Multicultural

multicultural
38 3.8
bicultural
1 5.0
monocultural
1 7.0

Surface Forms

bicultural positive

Morphology

bicultural = cultural (transparent) = bi + culture + al

The adjective is formed by adding the productive prefix 'bi-' (two) to 'cultural', so the meaning 'relating to two cultures' is directly deducible.

Etymology

Bicultural joins bi- ('two') and culture ('ways of life'). So something bicultural belongs to or mixes two different cultures.