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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?
This was really depressing when we expected that this should be a total shift from the wasteful culture that we had in the past.
It was history in the making, i don’t want to show a picture to my child one day of my island. I want my child to be able to experience the same environment in the same culture that I grew up in.
I think in the U.S. the culture has been more of trusting health workers, there hasn’t been a longstanding conflict where there’s been a dissonance between health workers and the community.
I don't think that culture is isolated in law enforcement, and not in Service Employees International unions. That's part of American culture : no one wants to be rat, but I would say union police officers today have a choice -- change their culture or watch their rights get legislated out of existence.
That’s why, like, I don’t give a f--k about cancel culture. I don’t give a f--k about what anyone thinks about me in that sense, like, if you think I’m a racist, fine. You think I’m a racist. I know who I am. I don’t care what you think of me. I care what [my cohost] Jeff thinks of me. I care what my family thinks of me. I don’t care what somebody hiding behind a computer and a fake Instagram page who puts up stuff where they don’t practice what they preach [thinks].
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