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 initiative is part of a broader French effort to confront unresolved cultural losses stemming from Nazi-era confiscations.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Haendel and his assistant knocked on doors and visited local businesses to find community members willing to accompany them to museums and cultural institutions and participate in the project.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The beta mom backlash is a response to several converging realities: A blunter cultural dialogue around maternal mental health that has stripped the glamour from “having it all,” and a shifting economic landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

It established Attenborough as the foremost TV naturalist, as well as an iconic British cultural figure.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Marcie, who didn’t live with them at the house but ran the program from the cultural center, turned toward the southern boundary of the park.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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