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

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

“I was navigating feelings of grief and shame in the wreckage, and in the wake of a very incendiary cultural moment,” Raicek said, referring to #MeToo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The law states that internet platforms “offer a forum for a true diversity of political discourse, unique opportunities for cultural development, and myriad avenues for intellectual activity.”

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Hannah Lake, Arts Council England's director of touring transformation, said touring is "vital, both to our cultural ecology, and to audiences across the country".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Europe might contain all the cultural capitals and current world powers, but in terms of America's national interest, it was a mere sideshow and distraction.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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