cultural cringe
In Australia, a formerly widespread belief that Australian cultural works, especially…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.
» Cultural cringe is an internalized inferiority complex.
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1 senses(uncountable)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.
Examples
1 sentencesCultural cringe is an internalized inferiority complex.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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