culture shock

1. 1.

   a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes

   Broaderdisorientation

Questions about culture shock

What does culture shock mean?

culture shock means "a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes".

Is culture shock a common word?

culture shock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.