multiculturalism
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From multicultural + -ism.
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multiculturalism (plural multiculturalisms)
- The characteristics of a society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. [from 20th c.]
- 1991, Barbara Ehrenreich, Time, 8 Apr 1991:
- Something had to replace the threat of communism, and at last a workable substitute is at hand. "Multiculturalism," as the new menace is known, has been denounced in the media recently as the new McCarthyism, the new fundamentalism, even the new totalitarianism -- take your choice.
- 2005, David Davis MP, Daily Telegraph, 3 Aug 2005:
- Britain has pursued a policy of multiculturalism - allowing people of different cultures to settle without expecting them to integrate into society.
- 2011, "On a mat and a prayer", The Economist, 7 Apr 2011:
- Earlier this year he said multiculturalism had “failed”, that immigrants needed to “melt” into French society, and that “we do not want ostentatious prayers in the street in France.”
- 1991, Barbara Ehrenreich, Time, 8 Apr 1991:
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societal idea
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