Cultural

of or relating to or cultivation.
contemporary examples

the taliban twitter feeds carefully avoid social, cultural, or economic topics.
taliban and nato war on twitter sam schneider november 19, 2013

and we are slowly calling into question our cultural prudishness about s-x.
petraeus affair stereotypes: the general, the flirt and the harlot robin givhan november 14, 2012

for all the vulgar jokes we collectively enjoy, there’s a cultural disconnect between s-xual humor and actual eroticism.
inside the greatest p-rn parody factory: from ‘game of bones’ to ‘the humper games’ gabriella paiella november 27, 2014

during the cultural revolution, he had to leave school to work in an oil factory.
60 second guide to mo yan: 2012 winner of n-bel prize for literature the daily beast october 10, 2012

beyond the ethnic and cultural issues that ostracized me, i was also physically different.
11 juiciest bits from dominique moceanu’s memoir, ‘off balance’ caitlin d-ckson june 18, 2012

historical examples

the economic interest goes with men through life, and it goes with the race throughout its process of cultural development.
the place of science in modern civilisation and other essays thorstein veblen

evolution of language, as well as of logic, belongs to cultural evolution.
the civilization of illiteracy mihai nadin

how do the peoples of the given area divide themselves as cultural beings?
language edward sapir

this aspect const-tutes more than a cultural or memetic issue.
the civilization of illiteracy mihai nadin

it remains an artistic and cultural center, and some of its fine examples of bulgarian renaissance architecture have survived.
area handbook for bulgaria eugene k. keefe, violeta d. baluyut, william giloane, anne k. long, james m. moore, and neda a. walpole

adjective
of or relating to artistic or social pursuits or events considered to be valuable or enlightened
of or relating to a culture or civilization
(of certain varieties of plant) obtained by specialized breeding
adj.

1868, in reference to the raising of plants or animals, from latin cultura “tillage” (see culture) + -al (1). in reference to the cultivation of the mind, from 1875; hence, “relating to civilization or a civilization.” a fertile starter-word among anthropologists and sociologists: e.g. cultural diffusion, in use by 1912; cultural diversity by 1935; cultural imperialism by 1937; cultural pluralism by 1932; cultural relativism by 1948.