Words / B2

mult-ee-KULCH-uh-r-uh-l/ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəl/

Multicultural means including people of many cultural backgrounds: a multicultural city; multicultural Britain. Diverse is wider (already elsewhere); multi-ethnic stresses ethnicity. Name groups in the enquiry, not a slogan. Mix-up: multiple means many (already elsewhere); cultural is of one culture. Do not write multicultural for “many events this week”.

Meaning

Including people of many cultural backgrounds.

Examples

• “A multicultural city still needs named groups in the enquiry, not a slogan.”
• “A multicultural festival featured in the citizenship booklet, which is the event sense.”

Good to know

multicultural + noun; multiculturalism. Wider: diverse. Trap: multiple / merely “busy”. Geography, sociology, and citizenship. Many cultures, not many items.

Near in meaning

diverse

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