multiculti

See also: multi-culti

English

Alternative forms

• multi-culti

Etymology

From German Multikulti.

By itself a clipping of multiculturalism.

Adjective

multiculti (comparative more multiculti, superlative most multiculti)

1. (informal) Multicultural.
   • 2016, Padraig Rooney, The Gilded Châlet, page 110:

     But Bloom has a bit of Zürich in him too – modernist multi-culti Zürich, the Zürich of the flâneur as well as the banker.

   • 2022 October 12, Bernardine Evaristo, “Read Your Way Through London”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The literary landscape of London is as varied as the city itself. According to the 2011 census, 40 percent of residents identified as “Asian, Black, Mixed or Other.” While this is no multi-culti utopia, it is undeniably an intensely multicultural metropolis where more than 300 languages are spoken.

Noun

multiculti (plural multicultis)

1. (informal, derogatory) One who pushes multicultural beliefs and values in a politically correct way.
   • 1992, Lingua franca: the review of academic life: Volume 3:

     Tired of the endless battle between liberals and identity politicians, Western civvies and multicultis?

   • 2010, Sam Cherribi, In the House of War: Dutch Islam Observed, page 167:

     She claimed the Labour Party had been "hijacked by Muslims and multicultis" […]

References

• “multiculti” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Dutch

Etymology

From German Multikulti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmʏl.tiˈkʏl.ti/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧cul‧ti

Adjective

multiculti (comparative meer multiculti, superlative meest multiculti)

1. (colloquial, ironic, often derogatory, often in compounds) Clipping of multicultureel.
   • 2010, Corine Kisling, Paul Verhuyck, Het leugenverhaal. Roman, De Arbeiderspers:

     Van cultuurrelativisme tot multiculti. Zeg maar culturele zelfverminking.

     From cultural relativism to multiculti. Let's say cultural self-mutilation.

   • 2011, Martin Bosma, De schijn-élite van de valsemunters. Drees, extreme rechts, de sixties, nuttige idioten Groep Wilders en ik, Bert Bakker:

     De multiculti-elite staat ook hier steeds meer alleen.

     Here too the multiculti elite is increasingly isolated.

   • 2012, Jan Kuitenbrouwer, De woorden van Wilders en hoe ze werken, De Bezige Bij, quoting Geert Wilders.

     'Het is weer zo'n afschuwelijk multiculti-plan vol met softe maatregelen, zoals we van PvdA-ministers gewend zijn.'

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   • 2016, Michèle Bevoort, Jessica van Zanten, Puur Berlijn. Slow travel in de stad. Met digitale plattegrond, Uitgeverij Unieboek | Het Spectrum:

     Het leven is goed én goedkoop in multiculti, levendig Kreuzberg.

     Life is good and affordable in multiculti, vibrant Kreuzberg.

Usage notes

• This word is now mostly associated with opponents of multiculturality, though there is also a process of (often ironic) reappropriation underway.

Adverb

multiculti (comparative meer multiculti, superlative meest multiculti)

1. (colloquial, ironic, sometimes derogatory) multiculturally.
   • 2015, Edmond Hofland, Het Duitse wonder. Een kleine geschiedenis van de Bondsrepubliek, Prometheus – Bert Bakker.

     Zelf zei ze in 2010, op een bijeenkomst van de Junge Union, de jongerenorganisatie van de CDU, dat 'het multiculti naast elkaar leven is mislukt. Absoluut mislukt.'

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)