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Antonyms for culture
ˈkʌl tʃərcul·ture
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term culture.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
culture
Agriculture is the generic term, including at once the science, the art, and the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of the soil, and by the associated industries; farming is the practise of agriculture as a business; there may be theoretical agriculture, but not theoretical farming; we speak of the science of agriculture, the business of farming; scientific agriculture may be wholly in books; scientific farming is practised upon the land; we say an agricultural college rather than a college of farming. Farming refers to the cultivation of considerable portions of land, and the raising of the coarser crops; gardening is the close cultivation of a small area for small fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc., and while it may be done upon a farm is yet a distinct industry. Gardening in general, kitchen-gardening, the cultivation of vegetables, etc., for the household, market-gardening, the raising of the same for sale, floriculture, the culture of flowers, and horticulture, the culture of fruits, flowers, or vegetables, are all departments of agriculture, but not strictly nor ordinarily of farming; farming is itself one department of agriculture. Husbandry is a general word for any form of practical agriculture, but is now chiefly poetical. Tillage refers directly to the work bestowed upon the land, as plowing, manuring, etc.; cultivation refers especially to the processes that bring forward the crop; we speak of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of corn; we also speak of land as in a state of cultivation, under cultivation, etc. Culture is now applied to the careful development of any product to a state of perfection, especially by care through successive generations; the choice varieties of the strawberry have been produced by wise and patient culture; a good crop in any year is the result of good cultivation.
Synonyms:
agriculture, cultivation, farming, floriculture, gardening, horticulture, husbandry, kitchen-gardening, market-gardening, tillage
Princeton's WordNet
culture, civilization, civilisationnoun
a particular society at a particular time and place
"early Mayan civilization"
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civilization, cultivation, acculturation, polish, civilisation, finish, refinementculturenoun
the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
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civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivationacculturation, culturenoun
all the knowledge and values shared by a society
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socialization, enculturation, civilization, assimilation, finish, socialisation, civilisation, acculturation, polish, cultivation, refinementculturenoun
(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
"the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
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civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivationpolish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finishnoun
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
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purification, goal, acculturation, refinement, shade, last, polish, finish, ending, coating, glossiness, cultivation, nuance, nicety, destination, civilization, finis, finishing, refining, stopping point, civilisation, elaboration, subtlety, close, gloss, conclusion, burnish, finaleculturenoun
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"
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civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivationcultureverb
the raising of plants or animals
"the culture of oysters"
Synonyms:
civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivationcultureverb
grow in a special preparation
"the biologist grows microorganisms"
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
culturenoun
Synonyms:
cultivation, tillage, refinement, enlightenment, education
How to use culture in a sentence?
If during their education our youths become alienated from their language, history, ancestors, culture and civilization, it means there is a very serious educational problem there.
What is striking about this record is the innovations you see in technology and material culture, and the ability to exploit both forest and savanna environments. It is this kind ofbehaviorall flexibility that allowed our species to populate the rest of the world outside of Africa.
We all have the same pain, it doesn't matter that I am from Afghanistan, I have a different culture, different religion, what we have in common is the pain of motherhood as a human, is the same as all people.
Every culture had slavery.
Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics -- a rational ethics -- as a precondition of rebirth.
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