cross-cultural

adjective

cross-cul·​tur·​al ˈkrȯs-ˈkəlch-rəl How to pronounce cross-cultural (audio)
-ˈkəl-chə-
: dealing with or offering comparison between two or more different cultures or cultural areas
cross-culturally adverb

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Bilingual signs in Italian and French reflect the area’s cross-cultural roots. Erica Firpo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Carin León and Kacey Musgraves don’t need to speak the same language to tell a cross-cultural love story. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 The duo, whose projects span Netflix, WarnerMedia, DC Comics, and Marvel, will share insights into cross-cultural storytelling, adapting intellecual property across mediums, and building international entertainment careers in today’s marketplace. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025 Some cross-cultural psychologists point to Eastern collectivism and Western individualism to explain such results, but Frank remains agnostic. Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cross-cultural

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cross-cultural was circa 1942

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“Cross-cultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-cultural. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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