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 body of the girl, known as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was found on 30 April, five days after she went missing from an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The Met Gala, which began in 1948, was always a fixture of the New York society pages, but in the last 10 years it has become an all-eyes-on cultural fixation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Other fans take language classes in the South Korean cultural center.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Despite our cultural differences and the geopolitical tensions, China remains vital to my professional and personal life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

But the cultural determinists do not accept this.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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