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culture pattern

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noun

Anthropology.
  1. a group of interrelated culture traits of some continuity.


Etymology

Origin of culture pattern

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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With it, a song performance may be analyzed and related to a culture pattern.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

Upon his report to the world, the future of an entire robot-human culture pattern rested.

From Turning Point by Coppel, Alfred

Their culture pattern is based on a long history of tribal conflict.

From Big Stupe by De Vet, Charles V. (Charles Vincent)

The times called for new forces capable of adapting themselves to a new culture pattern extending over a greatly enlarged world.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott

Each civilization that has left legible records or significant traditions during the past five or six thousand years has made distinctive contributions that modified the culture pattern of its predecessors and its contemporaries.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott