# cultural

Pronunciation: say "KUL-chuh-ruhl" US /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/, UK /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/

## Adjective

1. Relating to the customs, beliefs, arts, and shared practices of a society or group.
   - Simple: Having to do with a group's customs, beliefs, art, and way of life.
   - _The museum's newest exhibit explores the cultural impact of immigration._
   - _Cultural norms about personal space vary widely from one region to another._
2. Resulting from human activity rather than from natural processes.
   - Simple: Caused by people and what they do, not by nature.
   - _Surveyors mapped the cultural features (dams, canals, and roads) spread across the valley floor._
   - _Sediment cores revealed cultural layers left by centuries of human settlement._

## Origin

Formed from "culture" combined with the suffix "-al".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cultural (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).