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culture shocks

culture shocks is the plural of culture shock.

Meaning of culture shock

Noun

culture shock (countable and uncountable, plural culture shocks)

  1. A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
    • Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem.

Questions about culture shocks

What is culture shocks the plural of?
Culture shocks is the plural of culture shock.

Words near culture shocks in the dictionary

  1. culture makers
  2. culture media
  3. culture medium
  4. culture of death
  5. culture shock
  6. culture shocks
  7. culture victories
  8. culture victory
  9. culture vulture
  10. culture vultures
  11. culture war

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