third culture kid

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young person who has lived for a significant period outside their birth (or passport) country due to parental work-related migration.
    — In 1984, Dr. Ted Ward, then a sociologist at Michigan State University, predicted in a plenary talk at the International Conference for Missionary Kids (ICMK) in Manila that third culture kids were the prototype citizens of the future.

词形变化

third culture kids plural third-culture kid alternative

词源

Coined by American sociologist and anthropologist Ruth Hill Useem in the 1950s. "Third culture" refers to a distinct way of life different from those of the birth or host countries, but common to fellow expats.
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