culture pattern

American  

noun

Anthropology.

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

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Etymology

Origin of culture pattern

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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

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

With the advent of western civilization a culture pattern is being put together which differs widely from its predecessors.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott

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

In each experiment with civilization the culture pattern was transformed from pastoral and/or agricultural to a culture based on trade, commerce and finance; from rural to urban; from simple to complex; from local toward universal.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott