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 said the decision to work with McDonald’s on “KPop Demon Hunters” meals boiled down to the chain’s massive following, cultural influence and willingness to co-develop creative elements, including commercials voiced by the original actors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Our cultural interests might also lead us to want to know more about a new language.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

As more Americans visited China in the following decades, “The Sound of Music” became a common cultural touchstone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Ours is an age not only of cultural backsliding but also of people uprooting themselves for the sake of safety and reinvention.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Do any of the movements have symbolic or cultural meaning?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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