cultural
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to artistic or social pursuits or events considered to be valuable or enlightened
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of or relating to a culture or civilization
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(of certain varieties of plant) obtained by specialized breeding
Other Word Forms
- anticultural adjective
- anticulturally adverb
- culturally adverb
- de-cultural adjective
- noncultural adjective
- nonculturally adverb
- precultural adjective
- preculturally adverb
- pseudocultural adjective
- pseudoculturally adverb
- transcultural adjective
- transculturally adverb
Etymology
Origin of cultural
Example Sentences
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The “Mandalorian” actor was fired by Disney in 2021 for “her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities” that the company called “abhorrent and unacceptable.”
From Los Angeles Times
Reportedly the highest-grossing media franchise in history, Pokémon is still a cultural phenomenon today, reaching new generations of fans across the world.
From BBC
Connectivity, over mobile and fixed networks, is critical when people come together at sports tournaments, cultural festivals, or business events.
From BBC
The arrival of the soapy “Scream 7” is a rare example of a 1990s cultural artifact that has survived, though its pulse is weakening.
Subplots like this have granted “The Pitt” a kind of cultural essentiality.
From Salon
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