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

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The Tate Britain garden made a cultural splash with a water feature and a Barbara Hepworth sculpture.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“It’s hard to create a periodization in a cultural moment,” says museum chief curator Cate Thurston.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Fasting has been practiced for thousands of years for religious, cultural, and medical reasons.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Much like the Olympics today, World’s Fairs were large-scale planning efforts and economic investments as much as cultural events.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

In stressing ‘discovery’ I am providing an explanation for the new cultural values of late-Renaissance Europe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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