cultural

[kuhl-cher-uhl] / ˈkʌl tʃər əl /

ADJECTIVE

educational, enlightening

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistic developmental

WEAK

adorning advancing beautifying beneficial broadening civilizing constructive corrective dignifying disciplining edifying educative elevating ennobling enriching expanding glorifying helpful humane humanizing influential inspirational instructive learned liberal liberalizing nurturing ornamenting polishing promoting raising refined refining regenerative socializing stimulating uplifting widening

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Ours is an age not only of cultural backsliding but also of people uprooting themselves for the sake of safety and reinvention.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

"I would like to strengthen relations between Hungary and Austria for historical, but also cultural and economic reasons," he has said.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

But times continue to change along with cultural sensitivities, and he wanted to revisit his work for East West Players’ 60th anniversary season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

According to the researchers, this suggests that ideas and cultural practices spread mostly through contact, trade, and social interaction rather than through large migrations of people.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

This opened a fast lane of cultural evolution, bypassing the traffic jams of genetic evolution.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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