bicultural
- adjective
- /ˌbaɪˈkʌltʃərəl/
- 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
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The United States-Mexico borderlands are typically portrayed as a bicultural region, a dynamic interface between Hispanic and Anglo cultures.
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The pair had created a comfortable, bicultural life for themselves inside Los Angeles' Chinatown in the early 1940s.
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To develop lessons containing multicultural or even bicultural experiences requires extra work by the teachers.
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Results indicate that participants managed to maintain bicultural identities and cope with the problems that they encountered.
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Furthermore, helping Asian adolescents to have pride in their bicultural identity is crucial for their smooth adjustment and mental health.
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Thus, Abel's personal struggle becomes symbolic of a latent crisis among bicultural Native individuals.
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As I listened to my mother, I recalled several experiences growing up within a bicultural Arab American familial and communal context.
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Growing up in a bicultural household, Maria learned to celebrate both her Italian and Mexican heritage.
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Living in a bicultural city like Toronto helps individuals appreciate diverse perspectives and traditions.
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His bicultural upbringing allowed him to navigate between two languages and customs with ease.
Synonyms
About contact between people from different cultures
Involving people from two or more different cultures
Connecting people or ideas from more than one culture
How Multicultural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bicultural joins bi- ('two') and culture ('ways of life'). So something bicultural belongs to or mixes two different cultures.