cultural

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CULTURAL -adjective of or pertaining to culture or cultivation. 1868, in ref. to the raising of plants or animals, from L. cultura "tillage" (see [|culture]) + [|-al] (1). In reference to the cultivation of the mind, from 1875; hence, "relating to civilization or a civilization." A fertile word among anthropologists and sociologists: e.g. Cultural diffusion, in use by 1912; cultural diversity by 1935; cultural imperialism by 1937; cultural pluralism by 1932; cultural relativism by 1948. Related: Culturalization (by 1929); culturally (1889 ). =====

The word cultural is used in tree basic senses and these senses are:


 * Excellence of taste in the [|fine arts] and [|humanities], also known as [|high culture]
 * An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning
 * The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group