Multicultural

/ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Relating or pertaining to several different cultures..

Definitions by Sense

1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
2. (euphemistic) Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races.

Example Sentences

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.

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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Word Forms

• more multicultural
• most multicultural

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