| 单词 | cultural cringe |
| 释义 | > as lemmascultural cringe cultural cringe n. originally Australian a national attitude characterized by deference to the cultural achievements of other societies. ΚΠ 1950 A. A. Phillips in Meanjin 9 299 Above our writers—and other artists—looms the intimidating mass of Anglo-Saxon culture. Such a situation almost inevitably produces the characteristic Australian Cultural Cringe. 1984 Canberra Times 26 Apr. 8/5 The expatriate view of a derivative and unimportant people is so much an accepted part of our cultural cringe that we are embarrassed or unbelieving about European enthusiasm for things Australian. 2007 Apollo (Nexis) 1 Mar. 17 Cultural cringe is..flourishing in the United Kingdom. < as lemmas |
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