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Culture shock was officially defined in 1954

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That specific feeling of sheer panic when you can't read a street sign actually has a clinical origin. Anthropologist Kalervo Oberg introduced the term to describe the intense disorientation and anxiety people feel when suddenly immersed in a foreign setting. It validates every time you have desperately searched for a familiar fast-food logo abroad.

Culture shock was officially defined in 1954
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