multiculturalism

multiculturalism
/mul'tee kul"cheuhr euh liz'euhm, mul'tuy-/, n.
1. the state or condition of being multicultural.
2. the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation.
[1960-65; MULTICULTURAL + -ISM]

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