Multicultural

//ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.

    "Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many)"

  2. 2
    Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races. euphemistic

    "Bedgood, whose father is African American and mother is Caucasian, says he's struggling to deal with such hatred. He grew up in Santa Clarita and says he could not have imagined something like this happening in a quiet community with many multicultural families."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or including several cultures wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
pluriculturalpolyculturalpolyethnicpolyethnic

Example

More examples

"We now live in a multicultural world."

Etymology

From multiculture + -al or multi- + cultural.

Related phrases

Multicultural London Englishmulticultural Marxism

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