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Noun culture has 8 senses
- culture, civilization, civilisation - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
--1 is a kind of society
--1 has parts: subculture
--1 has particulars: | | Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture; Helladic civilization, Helladic civilisation, Helladic culture; Minoan civilization, Minoan civilisation, Minoan culture; Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean culture; Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture; Western culture, Western civilization |
- culture - the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
--2 is a kind of taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
--2 has particulars: counterculture; mass culture; letters
- acculturation, culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a society
--3 is a kind of content, cognitive content, mental object
--3 has particulars: meme
- culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
--4 is a kind of growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
- culture - (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium
--5 is a kind of product
--5 has particulars: starter
- polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish - a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
--6 is a kind of perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
- culture - the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
--7 is a kind of attitude, mental attitude
--7 has particulars: cyberculture; Kalashnikov culture; mosaic culture
- culture - the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"
--8 is a kind of cultivation
--8 has particulars: cranberry culture; tillage; viticulture
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