🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

文化冲突

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wénhuà chōngtú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cultural Clash/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl klæʃ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"文化冲突在会议上显而易见。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A conflict or disagreement arising from the interaction of people with different cultural backgrounds.

    "The cultural clash between the traditionalists and modernists led to heated debates in the community."
  2. 2

    A situation in which two or more cultures come into contact and experience friction due to differing beliefs or practices.

    "The cultural clash at the international conference highlighted the challenges of globalization."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'cultural clash' combines 'cultural', derived from the Latin 'cultura', meaning 'cultivation' or 'refinement', and 'clash', which comes from the Old English 'clæscian', meaning 'to strike together'. The phrase evolved in the 20th century to describe conflicts arising from differing cultural values and practices.

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