bicultural

Definition

Adapted to two separate cultures.

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ The adjective is derived from bi- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + culture + -al. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Example Sentences

• "[W]ithout English, I would not be how I am: a bilingual and bicultural person at home in both English and Japanese."
• "Also as unfortunate are the overt and covert deficit notions held by teachers and administrators towards bicultural students; deficit notions, extended, by assocation, to bicultural parents. These misguided notions are propagated, for the most part, devoid of any systematic analysis that directly implicates the oppressive social, economic, political, cultural and linguistic forces that structurally shape and perpetuate the exclusion, exploitation, and domination of bicultural communities."