kultur
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkʊltʊr/
- Archaic
- Many argued that the concept of Kultur in Germany was used to justify aggressive expansionist policies in the early 20th century.
- German kultur
Examples
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The debate about the influence of German Kultur on European politics has been ongoing for decades.
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A collection of satirical national stereotypes: British profit, French sex, Swedish heroics, German Kultur.
Academic text (1995) -
Any culture except Nazi Kultur must be destroyed.
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- You've read Freikorper Kultur, eh?
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It's Die Freikorper Kultur!
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First, if Oakeley and Von Hugel's rhetoric can be seen as typical, Anglicans tried to devalue German Kultur by labeling it as modernist and materialistic.
Academic text (2002) -
During the 1930s, Nazi officials promoted their own vision of Kultur that emphasized racial superiority and nationalism.
Antonyms
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5.5
A belief or policy that people from different cultures live together with equal rights
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kultur comes from the German Kultur and the Latin cultura meaning 'to cultivate', the same root as English culture and cultivate. So, think of a nation's character as something 'grown'—during wartime and political speeches kultur was used to mean the German national culture and often carried a negative or political tone.