"multiculturalism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃəɹəˌlɪz(ə)m/ [UK] Audio: en-au-multiculturalism.ogg , en-us-multiculturalism.ogg Forms: multiculturalisms [plural]
Etymology: From multicultural + -ism. Etymology templates: {{af|en|multicultural|-ism}} multicultural + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} multiculturalism (countable and uncountable, plural multiculturalisms)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (derogatory) the cultural Marxism conspiracy theory. Tags: countable, derogatory, uncountable Categories (topical): Culture, Leftism Translations (societal idea): اَلتَّعَدُّدِيَّةُ اَلثَّقَافِيَّة (at-taʕaddudiyyatu ṯ-ṯaqāfiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), բազմամշակութայնություն (bazmamšakutʻaynutʻyun) (Armenian), çoxmədəniyyətlilik (Azerbaijani), multikulturalizm (Azerbaijani), kultura-aniztasun (Basque), мултикултурали́зъм (multikulturalízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), multiculturalisme [masculine] (Catalan), 多元文化 (duōyuán wénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 多元文化主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 多元文化主义 (duōyuánwénhuàzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), multikulturalismus [masculine] (Czech), multiculturalisme [neuter] (Dutch), multkulturismo (Esperanto), fjølmentan [feminine] (Faroese), fjølmentanarstevna [feminine] (Faroese), monikulttuurisuus (Finnish), multiculturalisme [masculine] (French), multiculturalismo [masculine] (Galician), Multikulturalismus [masculine] (German), πολυπολιτισμικότητα (polypolitismikótita) [feminine] (Greek), רב-תרבותיות (Hebrew), multikulturalizmus (Hungarian), ilchultúrachas [masculine] (Irish), ilchultúrthacht [feminine] (Irish), multiculturalismo [masculine] (Italian), 多元文化論 (tagen-bunka-ron) (alt: たげんぶんかろん) (Japanese), 多文化 (ta-bunka) (alt: たぶんか) (Japanese), 多文化主義 (tabunkashugi) (alt: たぶんかしゅぎ) (Japanese), マルチカルチュラリズム (maruchikaruchurarizumu) (Japanese), 다문화주의 (damunhwajuui) (Korean), wielokulturowość [feminine] (Polish), multikulturowość [feminine] (Polish), multikulturalizm [masculine] (Polish), multikulti [neuter] (Polish), multiculturalismo [masculine] (Portuguese), multiculturalism (Romanian), многокульту́рность (mnogokulʹtúrnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мультикультурали́зм (mulʹtikulʹturalízm) [masculine] (Russian), multiculturalismo [masculine] (Spanish), pluriculturalismo [masculine] (Spanish), multikulturalism [common-gender] (Swedish), mångkulturalism [common-gender] (Swedish), çokkültürlülük (Turkish), multikültüralizm (Turkish), chủ nghĩa đa văn hóa (Vietnamese)
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Related terms: multicultural, multiculturally, multicultured, cosmopolitan, culturism Coordinate_terms: 1, monoculturalism, 2, biculturalism, 3, triculturalism, several, many, polyculturalism

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      "roman": "tabunkashugi",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "word": "多文化主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maruchikaruchurarizumu",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "word": "マルチカルチュラリズム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "damunhwajuui",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "word": "다문화주의"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wielokulturowość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multikulturowość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multikulturalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "multikulti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multiculturalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "word": "multiculturalism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogokulʹtúrnostʹ",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "многокульту́рность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mulʹtikulʹturalízm",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мультикультурали́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multiculturalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pluriculturalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "multikulturalism"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mångkulturalism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "word": "çokkültürlülük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "word": "multikültüralizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "societal idea",
      "word": "chủ nghĩa đa văn hóa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "multiculturalism"
  ],
  "word": "multiculturalism"
}

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