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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
culture shock
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I get culture shock every time I come back to this country.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Because of the language barrier and culture shock, such insights are far too rare.
▪ Even my Mississippi spouse was in culture shock for years.
▪ He has so many antidotes for culture shock.
▪ I thought Texas would be too much of a culture shock for Annie.
▪ Meadowlark-his first name is used just once-finds himself at the sharp end of all of the culture shock.
▪ Their children, however, were born into such a state of culture shock that they were afraid to budge.
▪ They came to places like Southend, Thurrock and Basildon, and found it a bit of a culture shock.
▪ They may also be seen as payments to compensate for culture shock.
Wiktionary
culture shock

n. (context anthropology sociology English) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.

WordNet
culture shock

n. a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes

Wikipedia
Culture shock

Culture shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one's own; it is also 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 transition to another type of life. One of the most common causes of culture shock involves individuals in a foreign environment. Culture shock can be described as consisting of at least one of four distinct phases: honeymoon, negotiation, adjustment, and adaptation.

Common problems include: information overload, language barrier, generation gap, technology gap, skill interdependence, formulation dependency, homesickness (cultural), infinite regress (homesickness), boredom (job dependency), response ability (cultural skill set). There is no true way to entirely prevent culture shock, as individuals in any society are personally affected by cultural contrasts differently.

Culture Shock (band)

Culture Shock is an anarcho-punk / ska punk band formed in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in 1986 by Dick Lucas, previously of the Subhumans. Over their four-year history the band played hundreds of gigs, including frequent appearances at free festivals, and released three studio albums on the Bluurg record label. Lucas’ lyrics were mostly concerned with social and political issues, from cruelty to animals, Northern Ireland, war, and social alienation, but were far from angry rants, often finding a positive and empowering perspective.

Culture Shock split at the end of 1989, as Bill and Nige both had young families to support. Dick went on to form Citizen Fish with Jasper, the bassist on Culture Shock’s final album, and two other former members of the Subhumans. Nige died in 1993.

Culture Shock (TV series)

Culture Shock is an American travel show hosted by Shenaz Treasurywala on the Travel Channel. It premiered on Monday 9 April 2007 at 8pm ET/PT. The program's self-described aim is to search out the "peculiar customs and bizarre traditions" of various cultures around the world. The pilot is currently being developed for a 13 episode series. The show was canceled.

Culture shock (disambiguation)

Culture shock is the feeling of anxiety when operating within a different culture.

Culture shock may also refer to:

In music:

  • Culture Shock (album), the second album by the American comedy band Da Yoopers
  • Culture Shock (band), a former band featuring members of Citizen Fish and Subhumans
  • Culture Shock (musician), born James Pountney, a drum and bass artist signed to RAM Records

On television:

  • WWE Culture Shock, a documentary series by a former WWE champion
  • Culture Shock (TV series), a travel show on the customs and traditions of people around the world
  • " Culture Shock (Sam & Max)", the first episode of Season One of the Sam & Max game series
  • " Culture Shock (SpongeBob SquarePants)", a season one episode of SpongeBob SquarePants

On radio:

  • Culture Shock (BBC World Service), a programme on the BBC World Service about the "latest global trends and ideas driving human behaviour"
Culture Shock (BBC World Service)

Culture Shock was a weekly BBC World Service radio programme, hosted by Tim Marlow. The programme ran from 2005–2008.

Culture Shock (musician)

James Pountney, better known by his stage name Culture Shock, is a British drum and bass DJ and producer. He is currently signed to RAM Records.

Usage examples of "culture shock".

How would he bear up under the heinous culture shock of being lifted out of London and plunged into a drunken mob scene at the Kentucky Derby?

But the revolution would have been impossible without the oil boom that had preceded it, which hastened development and compressed the culture shock.

These words open a journal I started to write, early in my rejuvenation, to keep my thoughts straight in the face of the culture shock I felt in being lifted bodily out of the Crazy Years of Tellus Prime - and plunked down in the almost Apollonian culture of Tellus Tertius.

The culture shock was building, with various incredibly wild versions of English the only real common denominator.

Massive culture shock at first, of course, but they picked up on the delights of technology right away.

In the case of the Ik, the ‘culture shock’ was particularly severe.