biculturaladj.
/bʌɪˈkʌltjʊərəl/ Having or combining two cultures.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [adjective] > having two or more cultures
international1824
multicultural1935
bicultural1940
polycultural1942
integrated1948
pluricultural1960
multicult1980
multiculti1989
1940 C. F. Ware Cultural Approach Hist. ii. 67 The assumption of a single culture with a common language, rather than the bicultural tradition of Quebec.
1958 Jrnl. Abnormal & Soc. Psychol. 56 242/1 A comparison was made between those who acquired their two languages in geographically distinct cultures (bicultural experience) and those who acquired both languages in separated contexts within one geographical region (unicultural experience).
Derivatives
biˈculturalism n.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > existence of two or more cultures
pluralism1924
biculturalism1953
biculturation1955
multiculturalism1957
multiculturism1975
multiculti1989
1953 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics Memoir viii. 40 Weinreich considered Lounsbury's point important for bilingualism and biculturalism.
1963 Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. v/7 Officially Canada has been a bilingual and a bicultural country since 1867, but in fact this bilingualism and this biculturalism do not exist.
biˌcultuˈration n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > existence of two or more cultures
pluralism1924
biculturalism1953
biculturation1955
multiculturalism1957
multiculturism1975
multiculti1989
1955 W. E. Collinson in Archivum Linguisticum VII. 143 In..the socio-cultural setting of linguistic contact all kinds of different factors emerge, e.g...biculturation, religious differences, [etc.].
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