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adjective cul·tur·al \ ˈkəlch-rəl , ˈkəl-chə- \

Definition of cultural

1 :of or relating to culture or culturing

2 :concerned with the fostering of plant or animal growth

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culturally

play \ˈkəlch-rə-lē, ˈkəl-chə-\ adverb

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Examples of cultural in a Sentence

We studied our cultural heritage.
There are some cultural differences between us.
We attended several cultural events over the weekend.
The center provides a wide range of cultural activities.
The city is the cultural center of the state.

Recent Examples of cultural from the Web

Commonwealth Ventures That backing doesn’t equal automatic success: The island needs more than a booming cultural park to reverse its slump.

— rebecca spalding, Bloomberg.com, "Bankrupt Caribbean Paradise Woos Chinese Tourists—and Their Cash," 30 Aug. 2017
Some tend to stress that the cultural values of the less educated have changed, and there is some truth to that.

— catherine cusick, Longreads, "Working Class Jilts America’s Sweetheart Deal," 30 Aug. 2017
While Taylor has spent more than three decades at Procter, Peltz doesn't think that will be an obstacle despite his call for a cultural change.

— alexander coolidge, Cincinnati.com, "Nelson Peltz tells Enquirer he wants a slimmer, flatter P&G," 30 Aug. 2017
The band embodied a renaissance of Mexican-American cultural awareness, but what Los Lobos has always done might not have been what Middle America expected from a group of Chicanos.

— john adamian, courant.com, "Los Lobos At Stage One," 30 Aug. 2017
The studio is reversing everything Christopher Nolan and Heath Ledger did to make the Joker such an iconic cultural image.

— matt miller, Esquire, "With Yet Another Joker Movie, It's Clear DC Is Ready to Ruin the Character," 24 Aug. 2017
The authors came from a variety of cultural backgrounds, and in their diversity, demonstrated both the challenges and the opportunities of the growing Asian-American literary space and the museums that amplify its voices.

— anika gupta, Smithsonian, "At the Smithsonian’s first Asian-American Lit Fest, Writers Share Falooda, Politics and Poetry," 24 Aug. 2017
Arriving in the summer of 2016 (and returning this Halloween), the show aired with little pomp on Netflix, and soon through word of mouth, became a cultural phenomenon.

— darren orf, Popular Mechanics, "'Stranger Things' Is Getting a Third Season," 22 Aug. 2017
Republicans have become increasingly critical of their cultural impact, including the ways in which tech giants like Google and Facebook police speech within their organizations or on their platforms.

— vanityfair.com, "“We Do Not Have Long”: Elon Musk Calls for a Global Ban on Killer Robots," 21 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of cultural

1856

cultural Synonyms

Synonyms

artistic

Antonyms

nonartistic, noncultural

Related Words

aesthetic (also esthetic or aesthetical or esthetical), tasteful

Near Antonyms

nonaesthetic

CULTURAL Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of cultural for English Language Learners

: of or relating to a particular group of people and their habits, beliefs, traditions, etc.
: of or relating to the fine arts (such as music, theater, painting, etc.)