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A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
Examples
- Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disorientation
From the earlier form cultural shock.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kultuurskok
— state of anxious confusion
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Arabic:
صَدْمَة ثَقَافِيَّة
(ṣadma ṯaqāfiyya)
— state of anxious confusion
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Bulgarian:
култу́рен шо́к
(kultúren šók)
— state of anxious confusion
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Chinese Mandarin:
文化衝擊 /文化冲击
(wénhuà chōngjí)
— state of anxious confusion
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Chinese Mandarin:
文化震驚 /文化震惊
(wénhuà zhènjīng)
— state of anxious confusion
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Chinese Mandarin:
文化休克
(wénhuà xiūkè)
— state of anxious confusion
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Chinese Mandarin:
文化震撼
(wénhuà zhènhàn)
— state of anxious confusion
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Chinese Mandarin:
文化衝突 /文化冲突
(wénhuà chōngtū)
— state of anxious confusion
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Czech:
kulturní šok
— state of anxious confusion
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Danish:
kulturchok
— state of anxious confusion
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Dutch:
cultuurschok
— state of anxious confusion
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Esperanto:
kultura ŝoko
— state of anxious confusion
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Finnish:
kulttuurishokki
— state of anxious confusion
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French:
choc des cultures
— state of anxious confusion
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French:
choc culturel
— state of anxious confusion
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German:
Kulturschock
— state of anxious confusion
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Hebrew:
הלם תרבות
(hélem tarbút)
— state of anxious confusion
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Hungarian:
kulturális sokk
— state of anxious confusion
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Hungarian:
kultúrsokk
— state of anxious confusion
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Italian:
choc culturale
— state of anxious confusion
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Japanese:
カルチャーショック
(karuchāshokku)
— state of anxious confusion
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Korean:
문화 충격
(munhwa chunggyeok)
— state of anxious confusion
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Malay:
kejutan budaya
— state of anxious confusion
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Mongolian:
соёлын шок
(sojolyn šok)
— state of anxious confusion
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Polish:
szok kulturowy
— state of anxious confusion
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Portuguese:
choque cultural
— state of anxious confusion
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Romanian:
șoc cultural
— state of anxious confusion
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Russian:
культу́рный шок
(kulʹtúrnyj šok)
— state of anxious confusion
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Scottish Gaelic:
buille chultarail
— state of anxious confusion
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Spanish:
shock / choque de culturas
— state of anxious confusion
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Swedish:
kulturchock
— state of anxious confusion
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Turkish:
kültür şoku
— state of anxious confusion
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Turkish:
kültür bunalımı
— state of anxious confusion
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Ukrainian:
культу́рний шок
(kulʹtúrnyj šok)
— state of anxious confusion
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Vietnamese:
sốc văn hoá
— state of anxious confusion
