cultural shock
Traveler's sudden disorientation
Cultural shock is the disorientation and anxiety experienced when encountering an unfamiliar culture—its customs, language, social norms, or daily rhythms.
The term typically describes what travelers, immigrants, or exchange students feel when immersed in a foreign environment: She experienced cultural shock when she moved to Japan for work.
The more common form is *culture shock*.
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
- home countryOne's nation of origin
- comfort zonePsychological ease boundary
- alienationState of being isolated
adjustment · foreignness · foreign country · unfamiliar · social cues · bewilderment · fish out of water · expatriate · customs · traditions · language barrier · isolation · adaptation · displacement · immersion · outsider · lost · overwhelming
- cultural psychologyenculturation, collectivism, individualism, masculinity, femininity
- life eventswedding, funeral, graduation, birthday party, anniversary
- MKsmissionary schools, mission field, mission stations, deputation, prayer letters
cultural shockcultural adaptation
Adjusting to different customs
acculturation · cultural integration · belonging · cultural competence · fitting in
cultural shockcultural enrichment
Deepening through arts, heritage
culture, cultural, cultures, cultured, culturing, culturally, acculturation, acculturate, multicultural