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cultural divide

cultural divide noun: a difference between the customs and beliefs of different cultures or subcultures.

Noun

cultural divide (plural cultural divides)

  1. A difference between the customs and beliefs of different cultures or subcultures.
    • As a result, the cultural divide between the hippie and the organisation man has now become rather fuzzy.1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 May 2013
    • Every guest is appalled and fantastically humourless about the experience, even at this distance. You cannot help but wonder at cultural divides and how differently the British might have approached – or at least recalled – such events, at least in the early days. For us, surely, it would be a...2025 June 24, Lucy Mangan, “Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later”, in The Guardian

Forms of cultural divide

pluralcultural divides

Questions about cultural divide

What does cultural divide mean?
Cultural divide means a difference between the customs and beliefs of different cultures or subcultures.
What part of speech is cultural divide?
Cultural divide is a noun.
What is the plural of cultural divide?
The plural of cultural divide is cultural divides.

Words near cultural divide in the dictionary

  1. cultural Christian
  2. cultural Christians
  3. cultural cringe
  4. cultural diffusion
  5. cultural diffusions
  6. cultural divide
  7. cultural divides
  8. cultural ecology
  9. cultural evolutionism
  10. cultural genocide
  11. cultural genocides

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