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multiculturalist

multiculturalist adjective: pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism.

Adjective

multiculturalist (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism

Noun

multiculturalist (plural multiculturalists)

  1. An advocate of multiculturalism
    • He takes dead aim at racial opportunists, opponents of affirmative action, multiculturalists and the myriad rights organizations trying to hitch a ride on the successes of the black civil rights movement.2008 February 6, William Grimes, “Colorblind Conclusions on Racism”, in New York Times

Forms of multiculturalist

pluralmulticulturalists

Origin of multiculturalist

From multicultural + -ist.

Questions about multiculturalist

What does multiculturalist mean?
Multiculturalist means pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism.
What part of speech is multiculturalist?
Multiculturalist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multiculturalist in the dictionary

  1. Multicultural London English
  2. multicultural Marxism
  3. Multicultural Toronto English
  4. multiculturalism
  5. multiculturalisms
  6. multiculturalist
  7. multiculturalistic
  8. multiculturalists
  9. multiculturalities
  10. multiculturality
  11. multiculturalization

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