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Another word for culture

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Noun

  1. The total product of human creativity and intellect

      1. German culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45)
      1. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
      2. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch:
      3. The act or process of civilizing or reaching a civilized state.
    See also:

    culture

  2. Enlightenment and excellent taste resulting from intellectual development

      1. The act of refining.
      2. The result of refining; an improvement or elaboration.
      3. The state or quality of being refined; cultivation, as in manners or taste.
      1. The act of cultivating.
      2. The state of being cultivated.
      3. Refinement; culture.
      1. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
      2. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch:
      3. The act or process of civilizing or reaching a civilized state.
    See also:

    culture

Verb

  1. To prepare (soil) for the planting and raising of crops

      1. Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something:
      2. Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment:
      3. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:
      1. To prepare (land) for the raising of crops, as by plowing and harrowing; cultivate.
      1. To have a tendency:
      2. To be disposed or inclined:
      3. To move or extend in a certain direction:
      1. To put clothes on; clothe.
      2. To furnish with clothing.
      3. To decorate or adorn:
      1. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.
      2. To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).
      3. To grow or tend (a plant or crop).
    See also:

    touch

    prepared

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Another word for culture

Noun

  1. The act of encouraging growth

    See also:

    production

    farming

  2. Civilizing tradition

      1. A system of thought that focuses on humans and their values, capacities, and worth.
      2. A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized human potential to attain excellence and promoted direct study of the literature, art, and civilization of classical Greece and Rome.
      3. The study of the humanities; learning in the liberal arts.
      1. The belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers, regarded as creating and governing the universe:
      2. A particular variety of such belief, especially when organized into a system of doctrine and practice:
      3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
      1. A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events:
      2. A formal written account of related natural phenomena:
      3. A record of a patient's general medical background:
      1. The branch of anthropology that analyzes and compares human cultures, as in social structure, language, religion, and technology; cultural anthropology.
      1. Accumulated knowledge or beliefs held by a group about a subject, especially when passed from generation to generation by oral tradition.
      1. The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
      2. Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm.
      3. A musical composition.
      1. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
      2. Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
      3. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:
      1. The body of written works of a language, period, or culture.
      2. Imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value:
      3. The art or occupation of a literary writer.
      1. The methods, discipline, and attainments of a scholar or scholars.
      2. Knowledge resulting from study and research in a particular field.
      3. A grant of financial aid awarded to a student, as for the purpose of attending a college.
      1. plural form of letter
      2. third-person singular simple present indicative form of letter
      1. The state or fact of knowing:
      2. Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
      3. The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned:
      1. (Action Real-Time Strategy) See MOBA.
      1. The act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill.
      2. Knowledge or skill gained through schooling or study.
      3. Behavioral modification especially through experience or conditioning.
      1. The action of inheriting something:
      2. Something inherited or to be inherited:
      3. Something regarded as a heritage:
      1. A way of life or living of a person or group:
      1. plural form of habit
      2. third-person singular simple present indicative form of habit
      1. The act or process of educating or being educated.
      2. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.
      3. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level:
      1. A hierarchy of values that all moral agents possess, demonstrated by their choices. Most people's value systems differ, making the imposition of a singular value system by the state a source of constant social warfare. This is an individualistic concept. One's value system is molded by one's virtues or vices.
      2. A person's standards and self-discipline set, based on the common sense and wisdom of knowing what the proper moral rules and discipline are, and the amount of willingness to see themselves and others abide by them.
      1. The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement:
      1. The accepted traditional customs and usages of a particular social group.
      2. Moral attitudes.
      3. Manners; ways.
      1. Taxes imposed on imports and exports; the United States Constitution prohibits Congress from imposing taxes on goods exported from a state. Also called duties.
      2. The agency or procedure for collecting such taxes, or the place where they are collected.
      1. A style of living that reflects the attitudes of a person or group; a lifestyle
      1. The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.
      2. The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture.
      3. A body of widely accepted but usually specious notions about a place, a group, or an institution:
      1. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
      2. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
      3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
      1. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
      2. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch:
      3. The act or process of civilizing or reaching a civilized state.
    See also:

    humanities

    civilization

    Antonyms:

  3. Refinement and education

    See also:

    sophistication

    experience

    elegance

    courtesy

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • If only she understood our culture better.

  • How long would it take her to adapt to this culture?

  • A great chapter in the history of culture is filled by the influence of translations of the Bible.

  • The Nabataeans had already some tincture of foreign culture when they first appeared in history.

  • Yet laws and culture changed dramatically.

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