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culturalist

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Relating to the idea that culture mainly explains how people act

adjective
/ˈkʌltʃərəlɪst/

: culturalista

This is the sort of culturalist explanation that does not really hold water.
culturalist claims
culturalist perspective

Examples

Because this conclusion is discouraging for those attempting to facilitate rapid socioeconomic development, I felt it important to examine the culturalist case.

Academic text (1994)
This is one of the most formidable challenges against any strong culturalist claims on behalf of Asian values.

Academic text (2000)
My view, the culturalist view, has, if nothing else, the benefit of irrefutable experience to support it.

Blog text (28)
From my culturalist point of view, this nod to racialism is unfortunate.

Blog text (28)
Many social scientists adopt a culturalist approach to explain the behaviors of different communities.
The culturalist perspective emphasizes how traditions shape our understanding of events.
In her article, she argued for a culturalist interpretation of historical incidents in the region.

Surface Forms

culturalist positive

Morphology

culturalist = cultural (transparent) = culture + al + ist

Built from 'culture' → 'cultural' and then '-ist'; the derivation and meaning are predictable from the components.

Etymology

Culturalist comes from the word culture, which originally had the idea 'to grow' as in cultivate, plus the ending -ist that marks a belief or way of thinking. So a culturalist view is one that sees people's shared 'ways of life' as the main force shaping how they behave.