interculturalize

verb

To make intercultural.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

verbinterculturalize (third-person singular simple present interculturalizes, present participle interculturalizing, simple past and past participle interculturalized)

present singular third person interculturalizes · participle present interculturalizing · participle past interculturalized · past interculturalized

  1. transitiveTo make intercultural.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  10. Latincolō
  11. Latincultūra
  12. Middle Frenchculture
  13. Englishculture
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishcultural
  17. Englishintercultural
  18. Englishinterculturalize

From intercultural + -ize.

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APA

interculturalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interculturalize

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“interculturalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interculturalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interculturalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interculturalize.

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