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multiculti en · ADJ

Etymology

From German Multikulti. By itself a clipping of multiculturalism.

Meanings

1. (informal) Multicultural.
   • But many of her fans didn’t listen too closely to her lyrics, concentrating instead on the beat, the newness of the sound and her own multiculti, many-layered appeal. 2010 May 25, Lynn Hirschberg, “M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • But Bloom has a bit of Zürich in him too – modernist multi-culti Zürich, the Zürich of the flâneur as well as the banker. 2016, Padraig Rooney, The Gilded Châlet, page 110:
   • The literary landscape of London is as varied as the city itself. According to the 2011 census, 40 percent of residents identified as “Asian, Black, Mixed or Other.” While this is no multi-culti utopia, it is undeniably an intensely multicultural metropolis where more than 300 languages are spoken. 2022 October 12, Bernardine Evaristo, “Read Your Way Through London”, in The New York Times:

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multiculti en · NOUN

Etymology

From German Multikulti. By itself a clipping of multiculturalism.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal) One who pushes multicultural beliefs and values in a politically correct way.
   • Tired of the endless battle between liberals and identity politicians, Western civvies and multicultis? 1992, Lingua franca: the review of academic life: Volume 3:
   • She claimed the Labour Party had been "hijacked by Muslims and multicultis"[…] 2010, Sam Cherribi, In the House of War: Dutch Islam Observed, page 167:

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Multikulti