multiculturalism
UK/ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃəɹəˌlɪz(ə)m/
multiculturalism noun: the characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence.
Noun
multiculturalism (countable and uncountable, plural multiculturalisms)
- The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence.
- Near-synonym: polyculturalism (several or many)
- The truth is that diversity, a kind of multiculturalism if we want to call it that, is the norm in any society.1984, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 18
- Synonyms:
- polyculturalism
- The cultural Marxism conspiracy theory.
multiculturalism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic
multiculturalism in Hindi
- societal idea
- बहुसंस्कृतिवाद bahusanskŕtivād
multiculturalism in Tamil
- பன்பண்பாட்டியம்
multiculturalism in Kannada
- societal idea
- ಬಹುಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕತೆ bahusāṃskṛtikate
multiculturalism in Arabic
- societal idea
- اَلتَّعَدُّدِيَّةُ اَلثَّقَافِيَّة at-taʕaddudiyyatu ṯ-ṯaqāfiyya
More languagesFewer languages
- multiculturalism in Thai
- พหุวัฒนธรรมนิยม phh̄u wạtʹhnṭhrrm niym
- multiculturalism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghĩa đa văn hóa
Examples of multiculturalism in a sentence
- "Multiculturalism," as the new menace is known, has been denounced in the media recently as the new McCarthyism, the new fundamentalism, even the new totalitarianism – take your choice.1991 April 8, Barbara Ehrenreich, “Essay: Teach Diversity – with a Smile”, in Time:
- Britain has pursued a policy of multiculturalism - allowing people of different cultures to settle without expecting them to integrate into society.2005 August 3, David Davis MP, Daily Telegraph:
- Earlier this year he said multiculturalism had “failed”, that immigrants needed to “melt” into French society, and that “we do not want ostentatious prayers in the street in France.”2011 April 7, “On a mat and a prayer”, in The Economist:
- Career diplomat Conrad Tribble said on Twitter that multiculturalism “is one of our greatest strengths as a country, and I go to that well often as an American diplomat.2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”...
Synonyms of multiculturalism
Forms of multiculturalism
| plural | multiculturalisms |
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Origin of multiculturalism
From multicultural + -ism.
Words formed from multiculturalism
Questions about multiculturalism
- What does multiculturalism mean?
- Multiculturalism means the characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence.
- What is multiculturalism in Hindi?
- Multiculturalism in Hindi is बहुसंस्कृतिवाद (bahusanskŕtivād). See Multiculturalism meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use multiculturalism in a sentence?
- "Multiculturalism," as the new menace is known, has been denounced in the media recently as the new McCarthyism, the new fundamentalism, even the new totalitarianism – take your choice.
- What part of speech is multiculturalism?
- Multiculturalism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce multiculturalism?
- Multiculturalism is pronounced /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃəɹəˌlɪz(ə)m/ (UK).
- What is the plural of multiculturalism?
- The plural of multiculturalism is multiculturalisms.
Words near multiculturalism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: multiculturalism (page history and authors); multiculturalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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