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

Republicans in Congress have generally been toeing the party line with their response to Kimmel's suspension as the nation is shaken by the political and cultural aftershocks of Kirk's killing.

From BBC

The honor is not an end point — it’s an invitation to keep pushing, questioning, expanding one’s curiosity and access, and broadening the understanding of who belongs in artistic and cultural spaces.

From Los Angeles Times

Israel also faces cultural and sporting boycotts that have been compared with measures used to pressure South Africa to end apartheid in the early 1990s.

From BBC

At the time, Sheinbaum's response was that "Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners", and that Canada "could only wish they had the cultural riches that Mexico has".

From BBC

There are big fears about how Altadena will be rebuilt and who will benefit, and at what cost to its cultural soul.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• artistic 
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