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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The actor said he will be back in Wales for the Eisteddfod in August, and has been to the Welsh language cultural festival three times already.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Alene, who is Ethiopian, had a cultural gown and asked Nones if he would take a photo of her wearing it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The numbers are still out for 2026, but it’s safe to say that they were big enough to thrust Coachella to the forefront of the cultural conversation in an unprecedented way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

In these examples, Legos become what Nimako described to CNN as a means of “speculative reclamation,” celebrating cultural identity and hope.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 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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