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culture shock, the psychologic effect of a drastic change in the cultural environment of an individual. The person may exhibit feelings of helplessness, discomfort, and disorientation in attempting to adapt to a different cultural group with dissimilar practices, values, and beliefs. culture shock Social medicine Feelings of isolation, rejection and alienation experienced by a person or group when transplanted from a familiar to an unfamiliar culture–eg, from one country to another; disorientation and confusion when
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Dominique, according to the show's creators, is a model of either racial integration or cultural shock. The pillage and burning of Iraq's National Library and its National Museum in the spring of 2003 sent cultural shock waves around the world. It's different - it's like a cultural shock because it's like a whole different country," the Roosevelt Middle School seventh-grader said. |
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