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What is the difference between multicultural and transcultural?

multicultural | transcultural |

As adjectives the difference between multicultural and transcultural

is that multicultural is relating or pertaining to several different cultures while transcultural is (sociology and anthropology) Extending through more than one human culture.

multicultural

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating or pertaining to several different cultures
    • Quotations
  • :* 31.X.2001' Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more '''multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago. - '' The Guardian (2001)

    • Derived terms

    * multicult * multiculti * multiculturalism * Multicultural London English * multiculturally

    transcultural

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (sociology and anthropology ) Extending through more than one human culture.
  • (generally) that which is non-culturally specific.

    • See also

    * multicultural