Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cultural cringe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: cul-tur-al cringe
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Australia, a formerly widespread belief that Australian cultural works, especially in literature and the arts, were inferior to those produced in Britain and Europe.

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Example Sentences

"Prior to the 1980s, Australian English had been widely deprecated by Australians themselves, principally as a result of a sense of inferiority known as "cultural cringe"."

Usage

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Questions

What does cultural cringe mean?: In Australia, a formerly widespread belief that Australian cultural works, especially in literature and the arts, were inferior to those produced in Britain and Europe.

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