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Kulturkreis

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[kool-toor-krahys] / kʊlˈturˌkraɪs /

noun

Anthropology.
Kulturkreise plural

  1. formerly, a complex of related cultural traits assumed to diffuse or radiate outward as a unit in concentric waves or circles.

Etymology

Origin of Kulturkreis

1945–50; < German, equivalent to Kultur culture + Kreis circle

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