bicultural

[bahy-kuhl-cher-uhl]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or combining two cultures.

2. of or relating to biculturalism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bicultural¹

First recorded in 1935–40; bi- ¹ + cultural

Example Sentences

Peter Cui, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who also offer private tutors, wrote in a blog that "the process of becoming bicultural, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."

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“We were talking about doing something bicultural, bilingual, bi la, la, la,” Romero, 83, says.

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"We are a multi-cultural society built on a bicultural base - something that cannot be altered."

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“I feel like us Mexicans have always been romantic. I think the most romantic songs are in Spanish,” he says after I asked why, as a bilingual and bicultural artist, he chose to record in Spanish over English.

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Garcia’s second album, “Cha Cha Palace,” delved further into what it meant to be a Chicana growing up bicultural in the San Gabriel Valley — a quintessentially American experience, yet a very individual one.

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