cultural mosaic

noun

A mix of ethnic groups, languages, and cultures that coexist within a society.

Meanings

nouncultural mosaic (plural cultural mosaics)

plural cultural mosaics

  1. A mix of ethnic groups, languages, and cultures that coexist within a society.

    Moreover, this diversity of peoples is united through pre-existing immigrant populations, creating a “cultural mosaic” of multiple migrant generations and, subsequently, culture hybridity that exhibits varying levels of assimilation to Canadian culture.

    2021, Devin Beauregard, Jonathan Paquette, editors, Canadian Cultural Policy in Transition, Routledge, →ISBN
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