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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULTURAL CRINGE

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Cultural cringe is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CULTURAL CRINGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cultural cringe

Cultural cringe, in cultural studies and social anthropology, is an internalized inferiority complex which causes people in a country to dismiss their own culture as inferior to the cultures of other countries. It is closely related, although not identical, to the concept of colonial mentality, and is often linked with the display of anti-intellectual attitudes towards thinkers, scientists and artists who originate from a colonial or post-colonial nation. It can also be manifested in individuals in the form of cultural alienation. In many cases, cultural cringe, or an equivalent term, is an accusation made by a fellow-national, who decries the inferiority complex and asserts the merits of the national culture.

Definition of cultural cringe in the English dictionary

The definition of cultural cringe in the dictionary is the perception that one's own culture is inferior to that of another group or country.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULTURAL CRINGE

culturable
cultural
cultural anthropologist
cultural anthropology
cultural lag
Cultural Revolution
culturally
culturati
culture
culture clash
culture fluid
culture gap
culture jamming
culture lag
culture medium
culture shock
culture vulture
culture-fair test
culture-free test
cultured

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULTURAL CRINGE

astringe
befringe
binge
bullion fringe
constringe
cringe
dinge
fringe
ginge
hinge
hypodermic syringe
infringe
lunatic fringe
perstringe
restringe
singe
springe
syringe
the cultural cringe
tinge

Synonyms and antonyms of cultural cringe in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cultural cringe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULTURAL CRINGE

Find out the translation of cultural cringe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cultural cringe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cultural cringe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文化畏缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

encogerse culturales
570 millions of speakers

English

cultural cringe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सांस्कृतिक चापलूसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ارتد الثقافي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

культурно пресмыкаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encolher cultural
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাংস্কৃতিক কৃপণতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grincer des dents culturel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Budaya budaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kultur kriechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文化うんざり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문화 굽실 거리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cringe budaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cringe văn hóa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கலாச்சார நடுக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सांस्कृतिक कोंडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kültürel yaltaklanma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rabbrividire culturale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

warować kulturowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

культурно плазувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piti cultural
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολιτιστική μαζεύομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kulturele ineenkrimp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kulturell krypa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kulturell cringe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cultural cringe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULTURAL CRINGE»

The term «cultural cringe» is used very little and occupies the 157.796 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CULTURAL CRINGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cultural cringe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULTURAL CRINGE»

Discover the use of cultural cringe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cultural cringe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On the Cultural Cringe
Describes Australia's subservience to British cultural values, and debates Australian culture, society and identity.
A. A. Phillips, 2006
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Another Look at the Cultural Cringe
Paper which examines the notion of the Australian cultural cringe, a phrase coined by A A Phillips in the context of imaginative literature and since generalised to describe the whole Australian experience.
L. J. Hume, 1993
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New Zealand English
Allan Bell, Koenraad Kuiper. 13 THE CULTURAL CRINGE REVISITED: CHANGES THROUGH TIME IN KIWI ATTITUDES TOWARD ACCENTS1 Donn Bayard 1. Introduction Our actors [in 1 980] mimicked Cockney or would-be Rada accents ...
Allan Bell, Koenraad Kuiper, 2000
4
Flight from Certainty: The Dilemma of Identity and Exile
made clear in a number of public interviews, his intention is to lend his voice to what is referred to in Australia as "shaking off the cultural cringe": a phrase that refers to the perceived need for Australians to transcend the Eurocentrism of ...
Anne Luyat, Francine Tolron, 2001
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Nation and Narration
Cultural closures are located in natural features and read as paradigmatic classic realist texts. Behind this essay, apart from Stephensen's, lay another short but highly influential piece by A. A. Phillips. 'The cultural cringe' (1950) placed Phillips ...
Homi K. Bhabha, 2013
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Streams of Cultural Capital: Transnational Cultural Studies
Monumentalizing Identity: The Discursive Practices of Hegemony in Australia* BRUCE AND JUDITH KAPFERER Australians have a phrase, "The Cultural Cringe," or more tersely, "The Cringe."1 It refers to any presentation of self or identity, ...
David Palumbo-Liu, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, 1997
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Australian Cultural History
This surely was the point of A.A. Phillips' identification of the cultural cringe. The " cringe direct" is invoked in terms of "the Australian reader" who, when confronted by Furphy, is compelled to ask himself "Yes, but what would a cultivated ...
Samuel Louis Goldberg, Francis Barrymore Smith, 1988
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Cultural Cringe
Cultural cringe, in cultural studies and social anthropology, is an internalized inferiority complex which causes people in a country to dismiss their own culture as inferior to the cultures of other countries.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2009
9
Imagining the Antipodes: Culture, Theory and the Visual in ...
Australia; cultural cringe; cultural flows; cultural imperialism and Aborigines 30, 31, 32, 33 and antipodes 172 Australia cf. Mexico 33 Australian exotica 30, 31, 43 English eyes, Australian landscape 29, 31, 37, 40 European art and Australian ...
Peter Beilharz, 2002
10
When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing
Josef Skvorecky and Canadian Cultural Cringe Few Canadian writers have received such generous treatment from the press and media as Josef Skvorecky. Since his immigration to Canada in 1968, Skvorecky has been the subject of ...
Stephen Henighan, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULTURAL CRINGE»

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Soundscapes at National Gallery review – Jamie xx and friends …
This is a terrifyingly insecure cultural cringe of an exhibition, a pitiful act of obeisance by the National Gallery to popular culture, contemporary ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Time for Team WA to stand up
Possibly a result of cultural cringe, it is also because the industry has lacked political champions. Austal managing director Andrew Bellamy ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
3
Interview: Alfian Sa'at of Wild Rice's Malaysia-Singapore Theatrical …
So he has a bit of a cultural cringe when it comes to Singaporean works. But you know, that's really fine. Amos is under no obligation to like ... «Blogcritics, Jul 15»
4
The Untold Racist History Of Australian Music
... and simply awaiting the right soundtrack, O'Connell argues that “Blood + Thunder dodges the existential terrors of Australia's cultural cringe”. «Tone Deaf, Jul 15»
5
From Bradman to Clarke, the Ashes keep us enthralled
The former colonial power has obligingly served up countless villains to stoke the fires of nationalism and its first cousin, the cultural cringe. «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
The popular Australian web series you're not watching
Kalceff believes it's partly attributable to cultural cringe, but also to the challenges in promoting a female-focused series. "While we've been ... «Daily Life, Jul 15»
7
Blood + Thunder: patriotism whitewashes Australian music history
Blood + Thunder dodges the existential terrors of Australia's cultural cringe, focusing instead on the hordes of kids “primed for rebellion”. «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
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Tim Tams and panel vans: Looking for Alibrandi, Australia's best …
Looking for Alibrandi seemed to be free of the cultural cringe young people often associate with mainstream Australian cinema. “It's one of ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume: Australia's first …
She believes that despite the cultural cringe, Marvellous Melbourne, as it was known when Hume lived there, was an ideal place in which to set ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Blood & Thunder: Murdering the cultural cringe
It's the story of how Australia obtained its sound and killed the cultural cringe when the Easybeats seemed to miraculously appear with, ... «The Australian, Jun 15»

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