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interculturally

interculturally

1 6.3
In a way that involves people from different cultures working together
  • adverb
  • /ˌɪntərˈkʌltʃərəli/
: interculturalmente
  • In particular, results showed that 40% of participants had interracially dated, whereas Lampe (1981) reported that 54% of his Caucasian participants had dated interracially or interculturally.

Examples

  • The conference focused on ways to engage interculturally, bringing together speakers from various cultural backgrounds.

  • Likewise, the study of popular culture interculturally, within the United States, also demands a close rapport and familiarity with peoples, languages, and genres other than those belonging to the dominant society.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Answers to these questions may reveal significant variations not only interculturally but even intraculturally.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Set against the current critical context in which Native American novels can be perceived as belonging to one side or another of a fractious debate—either as being nationalistically detached from other forms or as being interculturally mixed—

    Academic text (2011)
  • In today's globalized world, understanding how to communicate interculturally is essential for building strong relationships.

  • She attended workshops designed to improve her skills in working interculturally with diverse teams.

Synonyms

transculturally
vsinterculturally
1 7.4

To mix ideas, styles, and traditions from two or more cultures

focuses on interaction between different cultures rather than mixing

How Intercultural

interculturally
1 6.3

Surface Forms

interculturally positive

Morphology

interculturally = intercultural (transparent) = inter + culture + al + ly

Formed by adding -ly to the adjective 'intercultural', a regular adverbial derivation.

Etymology

Interculturally comes from inter- meaning 'between', as in international, and culture meaning 'the ways people live', so imagine a bridge between different traditions. So, to act interculturally is to work or communicate 'between cultures' and respect different customs.