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bicultural

6.0

A person who has two different cultures in their life

noun
/ˌbaɪˈkʌltʃərəl/

: bicultural

As years have passed, being bilingual and bicultural has turned out to be an advantage for Roxana A. Soto and Ana L. Flores.

Examples

But because of its bicultural

Academic text (1990)
It's also people who are bicultural, biracial, understand the world in different with different locations.
This is the pachuco's dilemma, the bicultural being fully at home in neither world, but "literate" in both.

Academic text (1990)
Growing up as a bicultural individual, she seamlessly navigated between her Chinese and American identities.
As a bicultural person, he often finds himself blending traditions from both his Japanese and Mexican heritage.
Living in two countries made him bicultural, allowing him to appreciate the nuances of both cultures.

Synonyms

straddler

vsbicultural

7.3

A person who belongs to two different groups or cultures at the same time

focuses specifically on two cultures rather than any groups

Surface Forms

bicultural singular

biculturals plural

Morphology

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

The word is transparently built from bi- plus cultural, and the meaning follows standard English word formation.

Etymology

Bicultural as a noun names a person and joins bi- ('two') and culture ('ways of life'). So a bicultural is someone who belongs to or feels part of two different cultures.