acultural

[ ey-kuhl-cher-uhl ]

adjective

1. not determined by or related to any particular culture, and therefore often implying something that is unbiased, universal, natural, or purely rational; not cultural:

   For school districts that no longer consider math education to be acultural, culturally diverse settings for word problems are the norm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acultural¹

First recorded in 1935–40; a- ⁶( def ) + cultural ( def )

Example Sentences

"People tend to look at money as this acultural thing, like gravity or electricity," says Tett.

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