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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Ask people for a recent mahjong cultural reference and chances are they’ll cite 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” the blockbuster that shone a Baccarat chandelier on Singapore’s 0.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He’s neither a television celebrity nor a cultural icon.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Prince Harry and Meghan joined an Aboriginal walking tour on Thursday called the Scar Tree Walk, an important cultural heritage site experience in the city.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Nestled in the heart of Los Feliz, the original Skylight Books has solidified its standing as a cultural hub of L.A.’s east side.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Another interpretation of the US origin myth found in some history books is the idea that relations between the Native people and the European Americans should be viewed as a cultural conflict.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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