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multiculturalist

multiculturalist

1 6.5
Favoring equal respect for different cultures in a society
  • adjective
  • /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəlɪst/
translation icon : multiculturalista
  • The school's multiculturalist approach promotes understanding among students from diverse backgrounds.
  • multiculturalist ideology

Examples

  • The multiculturalist feminists trumpet the injustices, but dispense with the honor.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Tiedt and Tiedt (1990) note that multiculturalist teachers learn with their students through an empowering experience of collective construction of culturally influenced meaning.

    Academic text (1995)
  • And why should she, given the multiculturalist critique of academic standards?

    Academic text (1996)
  • The very multiculturalist understanding of "culture" proves to be political rather than anthropological.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Multiculturalist forces have more say than ever on what is allowed in textbooks or what is said in classrooms.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The Stanford decision was typical of the multiculturalist disparagement of the titans of Western thought.

    Academic text (1996)
  • There is a pronounced tendency in contemporary postmodern, feminist, and multiculturalist criticism to emphasize cultural and political issues while avoiding any discussion of economic alternatives.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Right brushed aside the idea of "the common good," as being a front for big government, and the multiculturalist Left dismissed it as an insidious mask for white male power.

    Academic text (1991)
  • A multiculturalist society celebrates and respects the traditions of all its cultural groups.

  • Many cities have adopted multiculturalist policies to ensure equal representation for all ethnic communities.

Synonyms

multicultural
vsmulticulturalist
38 3.8

Having people from many countries and backgrounds living and working together

supports equal value and presence of cultural groups rather than mere description
egalitarian
vsmulticulturalist
20 7.6

Believing that all people should have equal rights and chances

applies equality to cultural group value and presence specifically
pluralistic
vsmulticulturalist
9 7.3

Accepting and respecting many different groups and beliefs

focuses specifically on supporting equal value of cultural groups within society
tolerationist
vsmulticulturalist
7.5

Supporting acceptance of people with different religious or social beliefs

goes further by promoting equal value and status for cultural groups
equalitarian
vsmulticulturalist
6.8

Believing in equal rights and chances for all people

concentrates on cultural group equality and inclusion rather than general equality

Antonyms

supremacist
  • Offensive
63 8.6

A person who believes one race is better than others and wants that race to have power

How Inclusive

inclusive
88 4.1
multiculturalist
1 6.5
tolerant
72 3.2
accepting
3.6
intolerant
64 4.6

Surface Forms

multiculturalist positive

Morphology

multiculturalist = multicultural (transparent) = multi + culture + al + ist

Adding -ist to multicultural yields a regular form meaning a supporter of, or one associated with, multicultural ideas.

Etymology

Multiculturalist combines multi- 'many' and culture 'ways of life', with the ending -ist showing a belief or approach, like in multiple and artist. So a multiculturalist approach is one that supports the presence and equal value of many different cultures in a society.