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culture shock
noun [C or U]Definition
(Definition of culture shock noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
Synonyms and related words:
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- at sixes and sevens idiom
- disorganized adjective
- disoriented adjective
- distraction noun
- dither noun
- enigma noun
- mysterious adjective
- mystification noun
- mystique noun
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- tangle noun
- topsy-turvy adjective, adverb
- turmoil noun
- unaccountable adjective (SURPRISING)
- unexplained adjective
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