multicultural

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
25
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/

Definition of multicultural

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
    “Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many)”
    “Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago.”
    “The literary landscape of London is as varied as the city itself. According to the 2011 census, 40 percent of residents identified as “Asian, Black, Mixed or Other.” While this is no multi-culti utopia, it is undeniably an intensely multicultural metropolis where more than 300 languages are spoken.”
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adj

  1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
    “Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many)”
    “Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago.”
    “The literary landscape of London is as varied as the city itself. According to the 2011 census, 40 percent of residents identified as “Asian, Black, Mixed or Other.” While this is no multi-culti utopia, it is undeniably an intensely multicultural metropolis where more than 300 languages are spoken.”
  2. (euphemistic)Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races.
    “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.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English multicultural From multiculture + -al or multi- + cultural.

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