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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdistorsion culturelle
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dis.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃ kyl.ty.ʁɛl
"La mondialisation peut parfois provoquer une distorsion culturelle."
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2 senses- 1
The alteration or misrepresentation of a society's traditional values, norms, or practices, often resulting from external dominance, globalization, or biased media representation.
"Sociologists argue that sensationalist media reporting leads to a severe cultural distortion of minority communities." - 2
A psychological or perceptual warping of historical or societal realities experienced by individuals navigating multiple disparate cultures.
"The immigrant experience can sometimes involve a cultural distortion as memory clashes with new societal environments."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the English adjective 'cultural' (from Latin 'cultura', meaning cultivation or tending) and the noun 'distortion' (from Latin 'distorquere', meaning to twist out of shape). Emerging in mid-20th-century sociological and anthropological discourse, the compound term describes the alteration, misrepresentation, or warping of authentic cultural norms, values, or expressions through external pressures, media influence, or systemic bias.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cultural-distortion" is said worldwide
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distorsion culturelle
Transliteration: dis.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃ kyl.ty.ʁɛl
"La mondialisation peut parfois provoquer une distorsion culturelle."
kulturelle Verzerrung
Transliteration: kʊltuˈʁɛlə fɛɐ̯ˈtsɛʁʊŋ
"Medien können zu einer kulturellen Verzerrung beitragen."
distorsione culturale
Transliteration: di.storˈsjo.ne kul.tuˈra.le
"Questo fenomeno rappresenta una chiara distorsione culturale."
distorsión cultural
Transliteration: dis.toɾˈsjon kul.tuˈɾal
"El documental analiza la distorsion cultural en la sociedad moderna."
distorção cultural
Transliteration: dʒis.toɾˈsɐ̃w̃ kuw.tuˈraw
"Devemos evitar a distorção cultural das comunidades indígenas."
सांस्कृतिक विकृति
Transliteration: sāṃskr̥tik vikr̥ti
"मीडिया अक्सर समाजों की सांस्कृतिक विकृति का कारण बनता है।"
文化扭曲
Transliteration: wénhuà niǒuqū
"全球化有时会导致本土文化的文化扭曲。"
문화적 왜곡
Transliteration: munhwajeok waegok
"대중매체는 종종 사회적 편견으로 인한 문화적 왜곡을 초래합니다."
文化的歪曲
Transliteration: bunka-teki waikyoku
"不正確な報道は社会の文化的歪曲を招く恐れがある。"
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