"culture shock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: culture shocks [plural]
Etymology: From the earlier form cultural shock. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cultural shock}} cultural shock Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} culture shock (countable and uncountable, plural culture shocks)
  1. (anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment. Wikipedia link: culture shock Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anthropology, Sociology Translations (state of anxious confusion): صَدْمَة ثَقَافِيَّة (ṣadma ṯaqāfiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), култу́рен шо́к (kultúren šók) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 文化衝擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 文化冲击 (wénhuà chōngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 文化震驚 (Chinese Mandarin), 文化震惊 (wénhuà zhènjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 文化休克 (wénhuà xiūkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 文化震撼 (wénhuà zhènhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 文化衝突 (Chinese Mandarin), 文化冲突 (wénhuà chōngtū) (Chinese Mandarin), kulturní šok [masculine] (Czech), kulturchok (Danish), cultuurschok [masculine] (Dutch), kultura ŝoko (Esperanto), kulttuurishokki (Finnish), choc des cultures [masculine] (French), choc culturel [masculine] (French), Kulturschock [masculine] (German), הלם תרבות (hélem tarbút) [masculine] (Hebrew), kulturális sokk (Hungarian), kultúrsokk (Hungarian), カルチャーショック (karuchāshokku) (Japanese), 문화 충격 (munhwa chunggyeok) (alt: 文化衝擊) (Korean), kejutan budaya (Malay), соёлын шок (sojolyn šok) (Mongolian), szok kulturowy [masculine] (Polish), choque cultural [masculine] (Portuguese), șoc cultural [neuter] (Romanian), культу́рный шок (kulʹtúrnyj šok) [masculine] (Russian), buille chultarail [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), choque cultural [masculine] (Spanish), kulturchock [common-gender] (Swedish), kültür şoku (Turkish), kültür bunalımı (Turkish), культу́рний шок (kulʹtúrnyj šok) (Ukrainian), sốc văn hoá (Vietnamese)

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      "word": "kültür bunalımı"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kulʹtúrnyj šok",
      "sense": "state of anxious confusion",
      "word": "культу́рний шок"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of anxious confusion",
      "word": "sốc văn hoá"
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