multicultural society
Mixed heritage community
A multicultural society is one where multiple ethnic, racial, or cultural groups coexist, each maintaining distinct traditions, languages, or customs.
The term often carries political weight—some use it approvingly to describe diversity and inclusion, others critically to suggest failed integration or diluted national identity: Canada prides itself on being a multicultural society.
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- inclusionBeing made part
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- mixed heritageDiverse ancestral origins
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
mother tongue · second generation · anti-discrimination laws · xenophobia · acculturation · civic participation · globalization · transnationalism · affirmative action · assimilation · community building · minority rights · mosaic · bilingualism · identity markers · migration trends · diversity training · blending
- AmsterdamAnne Frank House, Amstel, Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, canal boats
- Argentine Peoplecriollo, gaucho, gauchos, mestizo, mestizos
- Malaysian HistoryMalay Peninsula, Malaya, sultanates, sultans, Japanese occupation
- Norman SicilySicily, Palermo, Normans, Norman conquest, Norman castles
multicultural societyethnostate
Nation of single ethnicity
forced assimilation · melting pot · ethnonationalism · cultural assimilation · cultural nationalism