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cultural exchange

cultural exchange

3 3.0
A way for people from different cultures to share ideas, traditions, and customs
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌltʃərəl ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
translation icon : intercambio cultural
  • In 1984, the Multi-Color Exhibitors Association organized the first cultural exchange visit with the Chinese Photographers Association of the People's Republic of China.

He's having his work exhibited to try to help, you know, cultural exchange.

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Examples

  • The purpose of the program encompasses cultural exchange along with language instruction.

    Blog text (34)
  • Such a mechanism will enable students and faculty to re-map themes in a continuous process of cultural exchange.

    Academic text (1996)
  • We are here to promote cultural exchange.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We are going to learn and to observe and to have some sort of cultural exchange, if you will.

  • Cultural exchange and trade continued before and after the wars.

    Academic text (2018)
  • This is Anglo-Soviet cultural exchange.

  • To this end, diversity in our classrooms represents opportunities for expanding ideas, for learning about language, and for cultural exchange among students.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Providing information to parents from different racial groups at the same time might foster a cultural exchange of ideas about how to spend more time with children, particularly when managing dual careers.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Furthermore, in several countries, the bulk of funds and staff for cultural exchange, even for Fulbright commissions in Finland and Germany, are supplied by representatives of their home countries.

    Academic text (1993)
  • My school organized a cultural exchange where students from different countries shared their traditions and customs.

Synonyms

interchange
vscultural exchange
5 3.9

A sharing of things or ideas between people

is about people giving and receiving traditions and ideas rather than general swaps
transculturation
vscultural exchange
  • Jargon
9.6

Different cultures mix to make new food and music

is mutual give and take between groups without creating merged new traditions
cultural diffusion
vscultural exchange
  • Specialized
4.4

Ideas, customs, and goods like music or food spread from one group to another

is mutual give and take between groups rather than one way spread
cross-fertilization
vscultural exchange
  • Formal
5.6

The sharing of ideas between different groups that creates useful new ideas

is mutual give and take between groups without intent to innovate

How Mixed

fusionism
7.9
transculturation
  • Jargon
9.6
cultural exchange
3 3.0
acculturation
  • Specialized
2 8.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

cultural + exchange

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining cultural (relating to a society's arts, customs, and norms) with exchange (the act of giving and receiving); together they predictably denote sharing of cultural ideas and practices. This noun-noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

The phrase cultural exchange gives a clear image: people from different places swapping parts of their life, such as food, songs, or stories. Because they are making an exchange of cultural things, it means 'a process where people share ideas, traditions, and customs'.