multicultn.adj.
/ˈmʌltɪkʌlt/, U.S. /ˈməltiˌkəlt/, Canadian English /ˈmʌltiˌkʌlt/; see also multi- comb. form. Canadian colloquial.
A. n.
A Canadian immigrant of a European origin other than British, French, or Irish. Also: the policy or process by which the distinctive identities of these cultural groups are maintained. Cf. multiculturalism n.
ΚΠ
1980 B. Amiel Confessions xv. 164 (heading) The Cult of the multicult.
1989 Bks. in Canada Dec. 8/2 The word ethnic itself is now considered derogatory in Ottawa, where officials have taken to using two new melioratives: people of European ancestry other than British, French, or Irish are called multicults, and all others are visi-mins.
1994 Canada Wide Mag. (Nexis) 22 37 The Vancouver Sun has chosen to boost its coverage of soft news about life among the multicults.
2000 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 11 Aug. B2 It's the multicult that they will exult.
B. adj.
Of or relating to immigrants to Canada of a European origin other than British, French, or Irish. Cf. multicultural adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [adjective] > having two or more cultures
international1824
multicultural1935
bicultural1940
polycultural1942
integrated1948
pluricultural1960
multicult1980
multiculti1989
1980 B. Amiel Confessions xv. 165 The Multicult bandwagon is very much a growth industry.
1988 Toronto Star 13 Aug. (Mag.) m2 (heading) More multicult notes from all over.
1993 Daily News (Halifax) 18 Oct. 14 That's their opinion... It doesn't mean that every dollar spent on what they call ‘multicult handouts’ is a waste of money.
1995 Toronto Sun 29 Sept. 74 It's exciting to see a multicult group like Bass Is Base making it on their own terms while remaining strongly rooted in the cultures that..nourish them.
2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 4 Nov. c4 (heading) Prospect of new multicult licence clouds the sale of CKVU.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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