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cultures

NOUN

breeding, education, sophistication

Synonyms

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ability art civilization experience fashion perception practice science skill

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accomplishment address capacity class courtesy cultivation delicacy dignity discrimination dress elegance elevation enlightenment erudition finish gentility grace improvement kindness learning manners nobility polish politeness proficiency refinement savoir-faire tact training urbanity

WEAK

aestheticism good taste

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance inability inexperience

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bad manners clumsiness coarseness crudeness harm hurt impoliteness incompetence inelegance ineptness roughness rudeness tactlessness

NOUN

ideas, values of a people

Synonyms

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civilization development folklore habit knowledge lifestyle society way of life

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convention customs ethnology grounding humanism mores

WEAK

arts and sciences folkways the arts

NOUN

development of land

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agriculture

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agrology agronomy cultivation farming gardening raising tending

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agronomics

Example Sentences

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The study included experiments in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, investigations using human cell cultures, and analysis of extensive clinical datasets.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

How did he gain the courage to write about people of other races, cultures and genders?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

For him, one of the highlights of the tournament is seeing "cultures coming together from all over the world".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Khichuri was so beloved that its influence later transcended geographical boundaries and cultures.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

We will refuse to celebrate what is beautiful about our distinct cultures and histories, even as we blend and evolve.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander