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cultural

adjectivecommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkʌl.tʃ(ʊ.)ɹəl//
  • United States//ˈkʌl.tʃ(ə.)ɹəl//
  • India//kəl.tʃ(ʊ.).ɾəl//

Pertaining to culture.

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to culture.

    However, and this was an important point in Gramsci's argument, the workers could only win if they achieved cultural 'hegemony' before attaining political power.

    Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.

    Ithaca is also a vibrant college town — home to Cornell University and Ithaca College — with more cultural offerings than its size would suggest, thanks in large part to the people those institutions attract.

  2. 2

    Due to human activity.

    cultural lighting

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural From culture + -al.

Forms

comparative
more cultural
superlative
most cultural
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