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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While essentially a disaster film, the visually alarming and nerve-racking “Fukushima” is also a cross-cultural psychodrama, about an industry, and perhaps a society, having a meltdown all its own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Suggested tools include qualitative observations, digital tracking, diary studies, and cross-cultural research.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
There is even evidence that some of the cross-cultural data were excluded if the reported illusion was too strong, and that this masked some findings that would have challenged the overall narrative.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2025
"This could discourage cross-cultural literacy and disincentivise support for subtitled or original-language screenings."
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
This, too, is a form of cross-cultural transmission.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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