third culture kidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Coined by American sociologist and anthropologist Ruth Hill Useem 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.

名詞

third culture kid (複数形 third culture kids)

1. A young person who has lived for a significant period outside their birth (または passport) country due to parental work-related migration. [from mid-20th c.]

   Synonym: TCK

   • 2009, David C. Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken, Third culture kids: growing up among worlds‎^[1], page xii:

     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.

派生語

• adult third culture kid