alien culture

collocation in English

meaningsofalienandculture

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alien
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/us
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
relating to creatures from ...
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culture
noun
uk
/ˈkʌl.tʃər/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/
the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a ...
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(Definition ofalienandculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalien culture

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A mere hint of an accent can seem to the hearer to represent analienculture.
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This new cultural orientation was placed in opposition to an "indigenous tradition" that was, presumably, abandoned in favor of analienculture.
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They were experienced as super-uous, distracting or accentuating the characteristics of analienculture, or restricting the possibilities to produce one's own mental images.
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What is offensive, evil and objectionable is the permanent establishment of rule without consent by a minority people over a majority people ofalienculture.
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There is, further, the feeling of being exiled in analienculturewith a very different system of the administration of justice.
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It does not seem to be possible, anyway, for analiencultureto be indefinitely imposed upon another.
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They do not want to go to another country with a different andalienculturewhere they may be permanently classed as a second-class citizen.
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Minister when she talked of being "swamped by analienculture".
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There is some short circuit in the process of human sympathy which means that one simply cannot rule indefinitely a people of a totallyalienculture.
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It described it as analienculture.
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We pick and choose those elements of thatalienculturetoward which we feel a measure of affinity.
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The movement intended to combat the influx ofalienculture, which was threatening local art.
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Creating a cohesivealienculturecan be a distinct challenge.
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It is also important for literati to prevent the infiltration ofaliencultureand extinction of national characteristics with national literary and cultural power.
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Its use helps to reinforce thealienculturebeing portrayed, and also gives the reader a sense of continuity between books portraying differing people and places.
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It encourages group solidarity and ensures greater control over group resources (which may be important to preserve when a group is attempting to become established within analienculture).
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They are concerned that those alien cultures are, by definition, strange to them.
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People are deeply concerned about the large numbers of immigrants from alien cultures and lands.
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We cannot overwhelm ourselves with the large numbers of people who, however worthy, are alien, have alien cultures, different temperaments, totally difference backgrounds and habits and different ways of life.
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Subsequent stories focus on the discovery of new life and sociological and political relationships with alien cultures, as well as exploring the human condition.
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