multicultural

Definition of Multicultural

(adjective) Concerning two or more cultures.

Example of Multicultural

• A large university in the United States typically has a multicultural student population.
  

Multicultural Pronunciation

Pronunciation Usage Guide

Syllabification: mul·ti·cul·tur·al

Audio Pronunciation

Phonetic Spelling

• American English – /muhl-tee-kUHl-chuhr-ruhl/
• British English – /muhl-tee-kUHl-chuh-ruhl/

International Phonetic Alphabet

• American English – /ˌməltiˈkəl(t)ʃ(ə)r(ə)l/
• British English – /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃ(ə)rəl/

Usage Note

• Sociologists study (noun) multiculturality and (noun) multiculturalism to examine (adverb) multiculturally relevant themes such as (noun) multiculturalists and the process of (noun) multiculturalization or how culture (verb) multiculturalizes.

Additional Information

• Word origin of “multicultural” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
• Kendall, Gavin, Ian Woodward, and Zlatko Skrbiš. 2009. The Sociology of Cosmopolitanism: Globalization, Identity, Culture and Government. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Martell, Luke. 2010. The Sociology of Globalization. Malden, MA: Polity Press.
• Nash, Kate. 2010. Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics, and Power. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
• Robertson, Roland, and Kathleen E. White, eds. 2003. Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology. London: Routledge.
• Sassen, Saskia. 2007. A Sociology of Globalization. New York: Norton.
• Savage, Michael, Gaynor Bagnall, and Brian Longhurst. 2005. Globalization and Belonging. London: SAGE.

Related Terms

• culture
• cultural diffusion
• global perspective
• globalization
• individual
• material culture
• nonmaterial culture
• norm
• power
• tourism

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Cite the Definition of Multicultural

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “multicultural.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved November 29, 2023 (https://sociologydictionary.org/multicultural/).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

multicultural. (2014). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/multicultural/

Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “multicultural.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed November 29, 2023. https://sociologydictionary.org/multicultural/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“multicultural.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 29 Nov. 2023. <https://sociologydictionary.org/multicultural/>.