multicultural

Definition

Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.

Etymology

From multiculture + -al or multi- + cultural.

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."

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