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cultivation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cultivation

a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts

people of cultivation appreciate the special experience that only live theater can provide

Synonyms of cultivation

accomplishment, civilization, couth, culture, polish, refinement

Words Related to cultivation

education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship

cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity

breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners

class, elegance, grace, taste

civility, courteousness, courtesy, politeness

Near Antonyms of cultivation

ignorance, illiteracy

parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication

boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity

Antonyms of cultivation

barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism

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