cross-cultural
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- cross-culturally adverb
Etymology
Origin of cross-cultural
First recorded in 1940–45
Vocabulary lists containing cross-cultural
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Example Sentences
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Their cross-cultural collaboration has been three years in the making and recently featured prominently at one of the UK's largest international folk and world music festivals.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
"There is a huge amount of cross-cultural diversity in human mating and marriage practices, but even the extremes of the spectrum still sit above what we see in most non-monogamous species," said Dyble.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
Friday night also served as an occasion for families to carry on the legacy of Maná fandom and to have cross-cultural connections through the band’s music.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
That iteration started gently but grew exuberant, as Mr. Lloyd improvised phrases within and around an emphatic cross-cultural rhythmic conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
If there weren’t, cross-cultural communication would often be impossible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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