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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries文化的誤解
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bunkateki gokai
"文化的誤解が問題を引き起こしました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A failure to understand or interpret the beliefs, values, or practices of another culture.
"The cultural misunderstanding between the two groups led to unnecessary conflict." - 2
An instance or situation where individuals from different cultures misinterpret each other's actions or intentions.
"Her comments were taken as offensive due to a cultural misunderstanding."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'cultural', derived from the Latin 'cultura' (tilling, cultivation), via Middle French, and 'misunderstanding', formed from the prefix 'mis-' (wrongly) combined with 'understanding' (Old English 'understandan'). It emerged in modern sociological and anthropological discourse during the 20th century as global mobility and cross-cultural communication increased.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cultural misunderstanding" is said worldwide
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malentendu culturel
Transliteration: malentendu culturel
"Le malentendu culturel a causé des tensions."
kulturelles Missverständnis
Transliteration: kulturelles Missverständnis
"Das kulturelle Missverständnis führte zu Konflikten."
malinteso culturale
Transliteration: malinteso culturale
"Il malinteso culturale ha creato tensioni."
malentendido cultural
Transliteration: malentendido cultural
"El malentendido cultural causó problemas."
mal-entendido cultural
Transliteration: mal-entendido cultural
"O mal-entendido cultural gerou conflitos."
सांस्कृतिक गलतफहमी
Transliteration: sanskritik galatfahmi
"सांस्कृतिक गलतफहमी ने समस्याएँ पैदा कीं।"
文化误解
Transliteration: wénhuà wùjiě
"文化误解导致了问题。"
문화적 오해
Transliteration: munhwajeog ohae
"문화적 오해로 인해 문제가 발생했습니다."
文化的誤解
Transliteration: bunkateki gokai
"文化的誤解が問題を引き起こしました。"
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