| culture | | |
| n. (group) | 1. civilisation, civilization, culture | a particular society at a particular time and place.; "early Mayan civilization" |
| ~ archaeology, archeology | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. |
| ~ society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. |
| ~ subculture | a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs. |
| ~ aegean civilisation, aegean civilization, aegean culture | the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries.; "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery" |
| ~ helladic civilisation, helladic civilization, helladic culture | the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC. |
| ~ indus civilization | the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC. |
| ~ minoan civilisation, minoan civilization, minoan culture | the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC. |
| ~ mycenaean civilisation, mycenaean civilization, mycenaean culture | the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC. |
| ~ paleo-american culture, paleo-amerind culture, paleo-indian culture | the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America. |
| ~ western civilization, western culture | the modern culture of western Europe and North America.; "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. culture | the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group. |
| ~ appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values).; "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" |
| ~ counterculture | a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture. |
| ~ mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media. |
| ~ letters | the literary culture.; "this book shows American letters at its best" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. acculturation, culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society. |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ meme | a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation).; "memes are the cultural counterpart of genes" |
| n. (act) | 4. culture | (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar).; "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" |
| ~ starter | a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough.; "to make sourdough you need a starter" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
| n. (state) | 5. cultivation, culture, finish, polish, refinement | a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" |
| ~ flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection | the state of being without a flaw or defect. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization.; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture" |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ cyberculture | the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business. |
| ~ kalashnikov culture | the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms.; "the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan" |
| ~ mosaic culture | a highly diverse culture.; "the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts" |
| n. (act) | 7. culture | the raising of plants or animals.; "the culture of oysters" |
| ~ cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale). |
| ~ cranberry culture | the cultivation of cranberries. |
| ~ monoculture | the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country). |
| ~ tillage | the cultivation of soil for raising crops. |
| ~ viniculture, viticulture | the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing. |
| v. (change) | 8. culture | grow in a special preparation.; "the biologist grows microorganisms" |
| ~ grow | cause to grow or develop.; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" |
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