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Definition of Multiculturalism

1. Noun. The doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country.

Definition of Multiculturalism

1. Noun. The characteristics of a society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multiculturalism

Literary usage of Multiculturalism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Federalism: The Canadian Experience by Ronald Lampman Watts (1997)
"4.1.4 Bi/ingua/ism and mu/ticu/fura/ism There has been a constant tension between the two official policies of bilingualism and multiculturalism. ..."

2. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... Fractured) Mean Streets: The Urban Thriller in the Age of multiculturalism and Minority Writing Keywords: • Literary Historiography • multiculturalism ..."

3. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality, and edited by Mary F. Berry, Cruz Reynoso, Carl A. Anderson (1997)
"It is my understanding that this panel will discuss the interrelationship between multiculturalism and racial/ethnic tension. Your decision to hold hearings ..."

4. Teacher Education and the Challenge of Diversity in South Africaby Crispin Hemson by Crispin Hemson (2007)
"Case Study One: multiculturalism At Institution A, there is no overarching and coherent response to the issues of diversity. The prevailing framework can be ..."

5. Inventing a Classroom: Life in a Bilingual, Whole Language Learning Community by Kathryn F. Whitmore, Caryl G. Crowell (1994)
"An anthropologist himself, he criticizes educators for thinking that the only locus of culture is in ethnic identities, for suggesting that multiculturalism ..."

6. Federalism: The Canadian Experience by Ronald Lampman Watts (1997)
"4.1.4 Bi/ingua/ism and mu/ticu/fura/ism There has been a constant tension between the two official policies of bilingualism and multiculturalism. ..."

7. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... Fractured) Mean Streets: The Urban Thriller in the Age of multiculturalism and Minority Writing Keywords: • Literary Historiography • multiculturalism ..."

8. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality, and edited by Mary F. Berry, Cruz Reynoso, Carl A. Anderson (1997)
"It is my understanding that this panel will discuss the interrelationship between multiculturalism and racial/ethnic tension. Your decision to hold hearings ..."

9. Teacher Education and the Challenge of Diversity in South Africaby Crispin Hemson by Crispin Hemson (2007)
"Case Study One: multiculturalism At Institution A, there is no overarching and coherent response to the issues of diversity. The prevailing framework can be ..."

10. Inventing a Classroom: Life in a Bilingual, Whole Language Learning Community by Kathryn F. Whitmore, Caryl G. Crowell (1994)
"An anthropologist himself, he criticizes educators for thinking that the only locus of culture is in ethnic identities, for suggesting that multiculturalism ..."

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