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MULTICULTURAL [2 records]

Record 1 2011-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
OBS

person, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Néologie et emprunts
DEF

Qui est relatif à plusieurs cultures à la fois, à plusieurs civilisations dans leurs aspects culturels.

CONT

[...] la situation de l'écrivain polyculturel [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • National Policies
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

Of or having a number of distinct cultures existing side by side in the same country, province, etc.

DEF

Designed for a country, province, etc. having a number of distinct cultures existing side by side.

CONT

Canada is a multicultural country (DEF.1); multicultural programs (DEF.2).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Politiques nationales
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Qui relève de plusieurs cultures différentes; qui est lié à la coexistence de plusieurs cultures dans une société, un pays.

OBS

"Multiculturel" et "multiethnique" ne sont pas synonymes; les Français et les Belges sont d'ethnies différentes tout en ayant la même culture.

Spanish

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