cultural

[kuhl-cher-uhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to culture or cultivation.

cultural

/ ˈkʌltʃərəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to artistic or social pursuits or events considered to be valuable or enlightened

2. of or relating to a culture or civilization

3. (of certain varieties of plant) obtained by specialized breeding

Other Word Forms

• culturally adverb
• anticultural adjective
• anticulturally adverb
• de-cultural adjective
• noncultural adjective
• nonculturally adverb
• precultural adjective
• preculturally adverb
• pseudocultural adjective
• pseudoculturally adverb
• transcultural adjective
• transculturally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cultural¹

First recorded in 1865–70; culture + -al ¹

Example Sentences

That cultural shift unlocks the full intelligence of the organization.

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"I see cultural difference increasingly as part of what it means to be British. It's a part of the modern fabric of Birmingham."

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But the big reason for Japanese hesitancy around epidurals is cultural, according to moms, midwives and doctors, with a “natural” birth without pain relief viewed by some as an essential rite of passage in motherhood.

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The restaurant is housed at the Consulat Voltaire, an old electricity sub-station turned cultural centre, in the 11th district of Paris near the place de la Bastille.

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Her breezy, layered menswear in that film became a cultural touchstone, symbolizing a new kind of womanhood — intellectual, self-assured and a little eccentric.

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