material culture
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noun Sociology.
the aggregate of physical objects or artifacts used by a society.
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Origin of material culture
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby material culture
mater dolorosa, materfamilias, materia alba, material, material cause, material culture, material implication, materialism, materialist, materialistic, materiality
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