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cultural
has definitions from the field of sociology
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[ adjective ] of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors
Examples "cultural events" "a person of broad cultural interests" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)And further he must understand his obligation to the client to not_only meet his physical necessities but also to enhance and improve his life and to enlarge the cultural horizon of our society . Yet even here many_a problem is presented ; as in a recent design competition with a floor_plan and the simple command - `` design a luxury apartment '' ; no description of the client or his cultural level , no assertion of geographical_area or local social necessities - simply `` a luxury apartment '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (sociology) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
Examples "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy "ethnic food" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)There are other good representations of peasants and people of the court by actors who are finely costumed and magnificently photographed in this last of the Russian films to reach this country in the program of joint cultural exchange . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)This is not to say that the only explanation of the present infatuation with Norman_Vincent_Peale 's `` cult of reassurance '' or the other types of a purely cultural Christianity is the ever-present need for a demythologized gospel . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)2 ) As a country superimposes its cultural and political attitudes on others , it searches its heritage in hopes of justifying its aggressiveness . A heterogeneous people have needed it to attain an element of cultural and political cohesion in a new and ever_changing land . Though it may exist in either literate or illiterate societies , it assumes a role of true cultural importance only in the latter . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (sociology) of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society
Examples "cultural roots" Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)By 800 social and cultural security had been achieved , at_least on a simple plane ; it was time to take bigger steps , to venture on experiments . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relating to the raising of plants or animals
Examples "a cultural variety" Related terms |
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