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culture
noun
1 culture
A particular society at a particular time and place.
synonyms: civilisation, civilization.
Roget 490:
knowledge;
cognizance,
cognition,
cognoscence†;
acquaintance,
experience,
ken [Scot.],
privity†,
insight,
familiarity;
comprehension,
apprehension;
recognition;
appreciation
etc.
(judgment)
480;
intuition;
conscience,
consciousness;
perception,
precognition;
acroamatics†.
light,
enlightenment;
glimpse,
inkling;
glimmer,
glimmering;
dawn;
scent,
suspicion;
impression
etc.
(idea)
453;
discovery
etc.
480.1.
system of knowledge,
body of knowledge;
science,
philosophy,
pansophy†;
acroama†;
theory,
aetiology†,
etiology;
circle of the sciences;
pandect†,
doctrine,
body of doctrine;
cyclopedia,
encyclopedia;
school
etc.
(system of opinions)
484.
tree of knowledge;
republic of letters
etc.
(language)
560.
erudition,
learning,
lore,
scholarship,
reading,
letters;
literature;
book madness;
book learning,
bookishness;
bibliomania†,
bibliolatry†;
information,
general information;
store of knowledge
&c.;
education
etc.
(teaching)
537;
culture,
menticulture†,
attainments;
acquirements,
acquisitions;
accomplishments;
proficiency;
practical knowledge
etc.
(skill)
698;
liberal education;
dilettantism;
rudiments
etc.
(beginning)
66.
deep knowledge,
profound knowledge,
solid knowledge,
accurate knowledge,
acroatic knowledge†,
acroamatic knowledge†,
vast knowledge,
extensive knowledge,
encyclopedic knowledge,
encyclopedic learning;
omniscience,
pantology†.
march of intellect;
progress of science,
advance of science,
advance of learning;
schoolmaster abroad.
[person who knows much]
scholar
etc.
492.
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Dutch: beschaving, civilisatie, cultuur, ontwikkelingsniveau
Polish: kultura
2 culture
The tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group.
Dutch: cultuur
Polish: kultura
3 culture
All the knowledge and values shared by a society.
synonym: acculturation.
Dutch: beschaving, civilisatie
Polish: świadomość społeczna
4 culture
biology The growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar).
Dutch: bacteriecultuur, bacteriekweek, cultuur, kweek
Polish: posiew
5 culture
A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.
synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement.
Roget 658:
improvement;
amelioration,
melioration;
betterment;
mend,
amendment,
emendation;
mending
etc.
v.;
advancement;
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascent
etc.
305;
promotion,
preferment;
elevation
etc.
307;
increase
etc.
35;
cultivation,
civilization;
culture,
march of intellect;
menticulture†;
race-culture,
eugenics.
reform,
reformation;
revision,
radical reform;
second thoughts,
correction,
limoe labor [Lat.],
refinement,
elaboration;
purification
etc.
652;
oxidation;
repair
etc.
(restoration)
660;
recovery
etc.
660.
revise,
new edition.
reformer,
radical.
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Roget 850:
taste;
good taste,
refined taste,
cultivated taste;
delicacy,
refinement,
fine feeling,
gust,
gusto,
tact,
finesse;
nicety
etc.
(discrimination)
465;
to prepon [Gr.];
polish,
elegance,
grace.
judgment,
discernment
etc.
465.
dilettantism,
dilettanteism;
virtu;
fine art;
culture,
cultivation.
[Science of taste]
aesthetics.
man of taste
&c.;
connoisseur,
judge,
critic,
conoscente,
virtuoso,
amateur,
dilettante,
Aristarchus†,
Corinthian,
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.],
stagirite†,
euphemist.
caviare to the general"
[Hamlet].
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Polish: kultura
6 culture
The attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization.
7 culture
The raising of plants or animals.
Polish: uprawianie
verb
1 culture
Grow in a special preparation.
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