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What does culture shock mean?

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Noun
  1. (anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
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In the beginning I had a hard dose of culture shock and left all things that reminded me of home fall into desuetude.
It would be very normal for Westerners to experience some culture shock in Korea.
They still have those moments of culture shock that I'm sure you can identify with.
For those who don't understand, these students would have faced extreme culture shock.
The adaptation to a new culture can be so profound that most students feel reverse culture shock.
She is returning for a family wedding in November and wants to know whether she will experience culture shock.

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