culture shock
English
Wikivoyage
Etymology
from the earlier form cultural shock
Noun
culture shock (countable and uncountable, plural culture shocks)
- (anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
- Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem.
Translations
state of anxious confusion
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