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

Example Sentences

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In a post on X, he said her "extraordinary musical journey" enriched the nation's cultural heritage and touched "countless hearts across the world".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Mr. Scheiber’s “working class” college graduates carry a lot of cultural baggage that will limit their ability to unite with the traditional non-college-educated working class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

They reveal a time of major population growth and cultural change, driven by contact between different human groups.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

“That some little idea of me putting some balloons on my bicycle ends up being a cultural thing — and instantly recognizable as the Coachella balloons — it never gets old,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

What is striking about these intellectual tools and cultural values is that they have proved to have a history quite unlike that of paradigms.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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