| Noun | 1. | culture - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"society - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization subculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs Western civilization, Western culture - the modern culture of western Europe and North America; "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea" | |
| 2. | culture - the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social groupappreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" counterculture - a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture mass culture - the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media letters - the literary culture; "this book shows American letters at its best" | |
| 3. | culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a societymeme - a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation); "memes are the cultrual counterpart of genes" | |
| 4. | culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" | |
| 5. | culture - (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient mediumbacteriology - the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease product - a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid" starter - a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter" | |
| 6. | culture - 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 | |
| 7. | culture - 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"attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" cyberculture - the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business Kalashnikov culture - the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms; "the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan" mosaic culture - a highly diverse culture; "the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts" | |
| 8. | culture - the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"cultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops tillage - the cultivation of soil for raising crops viticulture - the cultivation of grape vines; grape growing | |