multiculturalist
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6.1
- noun
- /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəlɪst/
:
multiculturalista
- Some multiculturalists go further and equate the sacredness of life with the sacredness of culture.
- multiculturalists argue
- many multiculturalists
- multiculturalists now
Examples
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Most would agree with the multiculturalists' stated opposition to the assimilationist ideal of a homogeneous superculture.
Academic text (1992) -
The differences between idealistic multiculturalists and angry nationalist ideology are more in degree than in kind.
Academic text (1992) -
Yet this is precisely the kind of thinking Afrocentrists and other multiculturalists encourage.
Academic text (1992) -
The historic change of immigration law in 1965 created a vast new opportunity for multiculturalists.
Academic text (2002) -
At the same time, Latin can respond effectively to the concerns of both multiculturalists and Afrocentrists.
Academic text (1994) -
Most multiculturalists expected members of the majority culture to recognize this fact and provide teaming alternatives.
Academic text (1995) -
According to Nathan Glazer, "we are all multiculturalists now."
Academic text (1998) -
And on a curricular level, many of the proposals advanced by multiculturalists are altogether plausible.
Academic text (1991) -
Multiculturalists seem perplexed as to how someone can feel like a minority without feeling unequal.
Academic text (2007) -
As a dedicated multiculturalist, she actively promotes programs that celebrate various cultural traditions in her community.
Synonyms
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6.5
A person who believes different groups can live together in one society
A person who likes and supports people from different cultures
Supporting acceptance of people with different religious or social beliefs
How Inclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
multiculturalist = multicultural (transparent) = multi + culture + al + ist
The noun is formed regularly from multicultural with -ist, meaning a person associated with or supporting multicultural views.
Etymology
Multiculturalist comes from multi- 'many' and culture 'ways of life', plus -ist meaning 'a person who believes in' as in artist. So a multiculturalist is a person who supports people from many cultures living together and being respected.