Kulturkreis
[German koo l-toor-krahys] /German kʊlˈturˌkraɪs/
noun, plural Kulturkreise
[koo l-toor-krahy-zuh] /kʊlˈturˌkraɪ zə/ (Show IPA). Anthropology.
1.
formerly, a complex of related cultural traits assumed to diffuse or radiate outward as a unit in concentric waves or circles.
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