What does "multiculturalism" mean?

The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence.

Multiculturalism

Q: What is a synonym for "multiculturalism"?

Common synonyms include: cultural acceptance, cultural diversity, cultural heritages, cultural variety, diversity, diversity of natural languages.

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Definitions

Noun

1
The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonym: polyculturalism (several or many)"
2
the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country wordnet

Synonyms

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cultural acceptance cultural diversity cultural heritages cultural variety diversity diversity of natural languages

Antonyms

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cultural dutchness cultural homogeneity german transformation americanism

Example

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"I believe that multiculturalism is beneficial for a nation."

Etymology

From multicultural + -ism.

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