multicultural
- adjective
- /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəl/
- As a multicultural city, New York celebrates a variety of cultural festivals throughout the year.
- multicultural education
- multicultural competency
- multicultural awareness
the United States is a multicultural nation.
- the United States is a multicultural nation.
- That's why multicultural teams make so much sense to me.
- So although I grew up very multicultural, I lived a life in Hong Kong.
- We need, we have got, we are a multicultural country and what for me it's very simple.
- The elites are dogmatically committed to the idea of a multicultural state.
- We're a multicultural country and understanding the black experience is an important part of being an American.
- Did you know that we have a self consciously multicultural society?
- But we didn't evolve in a kind of multicultural kumbaya kind of setting where everyone got along right.
- Young, multifaceted, multicultural, young multicultural, centre alert.
Examples
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What does it mean to conduct research on learning disabilities in a multicultural society?
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So I mean, Malaysia is a truly multicultural country.
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the United States is a multicultural nation.
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How on earth am I going to talk to a multicultural football team in this way?
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And my family itself is multicultural.
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The presence of a language barrier can be a key challenge to working in multicultural areas.
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That's why multicultural teams make so much sense to me.
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MIT is a hugely multicultural institution.
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The need for multicultural competency education in this rapidly diversifying world is hard to dispute.
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Revolutions in farming led to massive food surpluses, which in turn allowed for these huge, bustling, multicultural cities.
Synonyms
Accepting and respecting many different groups and beliefs
Having people from different cultures living together
About contact between people from different cultures
Connecting people or ideas from more than one culture
Involving people from two or more different cultures
Involving people from different racial or cultural groups
Having people from different ethnic groups living or working together
Having people from several different ethnic groups
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
An academic way of studying how class, culture, and identity connect by looking at power and the economy
- Offensive
A political insult used to say diversity policies follow a left agenda
A group of employees from different countries and cultures who are in the same company
How Multicultural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Multicultural comes from the parts multi- meaning 'many' (as in multiple) and culture meaning 'the way of life or customs of a group'. So a multicultural place has many different cultures living together, with different foods, festivals, and traditions.