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Meaning of third culture kid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A young person who has lived for a significant period outside their birth (or passport) country due to parental work-related migration.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Third Day third degree third dimension third down Third Epistle of John third estate