cultural history

American  

[kuhl-cher-uhl his-tree, his-tuh-ree] / ˈkʌl tʃər əl ˈhɪs tri, ˈhɪs tə ri /

noun

• cultural histories
  plural

1. a study or account of a society's past that focuses on aspects of culture, such as the development of ideas, the arts, religion, lifestyle, etc., rather than primarily political events.

2. a study or account of a particular period in the past that compares and contrasts major cultures active at the time in terms of their rise and fall and the forces at work, including contact with each other and mutual influence.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• cultural historian
  noun
• cultural-historical
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• cultural histories
  plural

Example Sentences

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cultural history

"Then, it was a film about a contemporary festival, now it's a piece of British cultural history; it's like an anthropological document," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

This show celebrates the work’s 50th anniversary, recounting the story of how the couple’s project came to fruition and became an important component of the North Bay’s cultural history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Rebuilding Leonardo's genetic profile would mark a major milestone in both science and cultural history.

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

Tiffany Naiman, the director of music industry programs at UCLA, said the sustained interest in the pop icon speaks to his loyal fan base and place in American cultural history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

The massacres had happened over two hundred years ago, but the wound they’d made in our cultural history was left raw and festering, like a fault line that may begin trembling again at any moment.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros