Culture shock

noun

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounA state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.

"Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem."

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