NOUN
- a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes
How To Use culture shock In A Sentence
- He had never left his village before so arriving in the capital, Manila, was a big culture shock.
- Oh, and a trip to the Moscow state circus is not an adequate substitute for the opera or ballet visit also promised in the tour literature - but we shall draw a veil over some of the turns there, which if nothing else provided the UK visitors with a culture shock. Current Affairs
- It was a real culture shock to find herself in London after living on a small island.
- Living by a prison was a culture shock at first for many of the families, but as time rolled on, everyone became desensitized by it.
- Perhaps the biggest culture shock comes when newcomers from India realize that in America their personal army of cooks and cleaners, gardeners and drivers, ayahs and gofers is reduced to - I, me, myself.
- Brown, the primary colour of bulldust, described her culture shock at arriving in Brisbane to be confronted by suntanned Queenslanders who look like crustaceans decked out in floral prints and mirror sunglasses…
- It was a bit of a culture shock when I first came to this country.
- He overcame the culture shock from the cosmopolitan, colourful world he saw there, and stayed for six years.
- The babymoon is a huge culture shock – not only do you have the recovery from the birth to deal with, but also you must adjust to life with a tiny, noisy person.
- For theoretical physicists the emergence of experimental evidence could be a welcome culture shock. Times, Sunday Times
