cultural barrier
collocation in Englishmeaningsofculturalandbarrier
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cultural
adjective
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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barrier
noun[C]
uk/ˈbær.i.ər/us/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition ofculturalandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcultural barrier
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Oneculturalbarrierin this country is the low esteem that used to be accorded to engineering.
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How should we go about breaking down thatculturalbarrier?
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Where there is discrimination relating to race, there is often aculturalbarrierand a lack of understanding about things such as different manner codes.
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I just had to overcome theculturalbarrier.
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Cultural barriers due to stigma or lack of knowledge among health service staff can be addressed by relevant training activity.
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They also felt that language and cultural barriers were significant impediments to constructive engagement with mental health services for this group.
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Some aspects are aggravated since training of enumerators and supervision of data collection is rendered more difficult, due to language and cultural barriers.
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Approaches to developing services for asylum seekers and refugees should be multidisciplinary, and community driven, addressing language and cultural barriers.
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Hiring multilingual consultants may also be necessary because language and cultural barriers are undeniable factors in study attrition.
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On the one hand, they suffer from the social and cultural barriers which block their participation and expression as equal citizens.
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Other than the technical aspects of administration, there may be cultural barriers to valid application.
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This can include matching services to local need and recognizing and overcoming language and cultural barriers and the issue of hidden need within communities.
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Use appropriately trained asylum seekers and refugees to address language and cultural barriers.
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In addition, there is a need to raise awareness regarding the specific problems of asylum seekers and refugees among health service providers, particularly addressing cultural barriers and stereotypes.
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Attention is being given not only to ways of reducing structural and cultural barriers between older and younger people, but also to intergenerational programmes that purposely bring diverse ages together.
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Overcoming cultural barriers to sharing knowledge.
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Members of the ethnic minorities suffer language and cultural barriers to working outside the home, and possibly other discrimination if they break the barrier.
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One barrier is caused by income levels, a second by age, and there are also cultural barriers.
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