CULTURESHOCK

Culture shock

Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country, a move between social environments, or simply travel to another type of life.

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culture shock

Noun

  1. A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
    Having grown up in rural Arkansas, the culture shock of moving to Harlem was tremendous.


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