multiculturalmul‧ti‧cul‧tur‧al /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəl◂/ ●○○ adjective 
Examples
a multicultural society
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The radio station serves a multicultural community.
- A first step is to try to raise our own awareness of the issues involved in multicultural education generally.
- Encouraging authors to recognise that they live in a complex, multicultural society is one thing.
- I planned my own units, gave homework, implemented multicultural education.
- I thought: we live in a multicultural society, but everything we see is white and stereotyped.
- It is crucial that this does not happen with aspects of multicultural mathematics.
- No other school is more multicultural than Hunter, and the differences are exciting rather than frightening.
- The new Western is also more multicultural.
Longman Language Activatorrelating to race► racial
Collocations: racial discrimination/prejudice/violence/attack when people are treated unfairly or attacked because of their race: · Some people complained of racial discrimination in the way housing was allocated.· Racial violence used to be commonplace on the streets of the city.racial harmony (=when people of different races live together peacefully, and without any problems): · In Jamaica black and white people have lived together in racial harmony for many years.racial profiling (=the practice of police stopping some people only because of their race): · Local police deny that have used racial profiling when stopping motorists.
► ethnic: ethnic divisions/unrest/violence divisions, problems etc between groups of people of different races, or with different customs, living in the same place, especially when one group is smaller than the other: · Hundreds of people have been killed in the recent ethnic violence.· Ethnic unrest is spreading throughout the south-western republics of the former Soviet Union.ethnic cleansing (=when people are forced to leave their homes because of their ethnic group): · Reports of ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia forced the European states and the US into taking action.
► multiracial/multicultural a multiracial or multicultural society, school, community etc is one in which people from several different races live together or work together, especially in a friendly way: · Britain became a multiracial society in the 1960s and 70s, after large-scale immigration from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent. · a vibrant, multicultural neighborhood
► interracial between people of different races: · The danger of an interracial war in South Africa still exists.· There has to be fairness and justice for black people before you can achieve a spirit of interracial harmony.interracial marriage: · Interracial marriages are common in England these days.
► cosmopolitan a cosmopolitan city, district, society etc is one in which people of many different races and nationalities live or go, which is therefore lively and interesting: · Istanbul is a great cosmopolitan city, situated between East and West.· She grew up in an apartment in a cosmopolitan district of Chicago.· The thing I like most about living in London is that it's so cosmopolitan.
► mixed marriage marriage between people of different races: · Mixed marriages are becoming more and more commonplace.
including many different people, things, activities etc► varied consisting of or including many different people, things, activities etc: · He had a varied and outstanding career.· Grain products, vegetables, and fruit are important parts of a varied diet.· Sandra's circle of friends was varied, and often a little strange.
► variety the differences within a group, set of actions etc that make it interesting: · She's always complaining that her job doesn't have enough variety.· The music on her latest CD shows a great deal of variety.variety of: · The doctor encouraged him to increase the variety of food that he eats.
► diverse a diverse group of people or things contains a lot of very different types of people or things: · The project studied a diverse group of 20,000 teenagers from nine high schools.· We believe the committee should reflect the diverse make-up of our community.· The region's economy is more diverse now than it was 10 years ago.
► wide-ranging including many different subjects, ideas, or things: · Climate change is likely to have a wide-ranging impact on human health.· Our discussions were wide-ranging and substantive.· A wide-ranging survey found growing dissatisfaction among workers.
► mixed including two or more different things of the same type, or people of different types, mixed together: · The show draws a mixed audience of children and adults.· After beating the cake mixture, add a handful of mixed nuts.· This is a very mixed neighborhood, both racially and socially.
► multicultural/multiracial including or concerning people of different races or religions, especially those who live together in the same society, go to the same schools etc: · Most of today's teachers are committed to multicultural education.· He grew up in a multiracial area in London's East End.· Government policies should reflect the multiracial nature of our society.
WORD SETS► Race Relationsethnocentric, adjectiveghetto, nounghettoize, verbKKK, klansman, nounKu Klux Klan, the, minority, nounmiscegenation, nounmulticultural, adjectivemulticulturalism, nounmultiracial, adjectiveNAACP, segregation, nounUncle Tom, nounwhite supremacist, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a multicultural/multiracial society
involving or including people or ideas from many different countries, races, or religions → multi-ethnic: · We live in a multicultural society.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► education· The adviser responsible for multicultural education took this view.· I planned my own units, gave homework, implemented multicultural education.· A first step is to try to raise our own awareness of the issues involved in multicultural education generally.· Government policy centred on the question of integration through schooling in the values of the Republic rather than on multicultural education.· He also dealt with the issues of multicultural education and equal opportunities.· Few described teaching methods in much detail and multicultural education and equal opportunities rarely received much attention.· Colouring a few faces brown and celebrating a couple of extra festivals does not constitute multicultural education.· The case demonstrates the difficulties which the policy of parental choice in education is presenting for multicultural education in state schools.
► society· What can teachers do to promote mathematics for a multicultural society?· The Gold Rush produced, for instance, the most multicultural society the United States had ever seen.· Encouraging authors to recognise that they live in a complex, multicultural society is one thing.· In the multiracial, multicultural society which the United Kingdom has become, there are adjustments to be made on all sides.· We will encourage changes to the education system which place a positive value on a pluralist, diverse and multicultural society.· I thought: we live in a multicultural society, but everything we see is white and stereotyped.· When considering why mathematics should reflect our multicultural society, a wide range of reasons can be identified.
a multicultural society