kultur

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• In Germany, the concept of Kultur reflects the rich traditions and values that shape its society.

• No human is purely natural, on Kant's view, because the very idea of humanity (Humanität, Menschheit) is bound up with culture (Kultur); a human stripped of all cultural attributes would no longer possess humanity.

  Academic text (1999)

• His mother relied more on German humanist Kultur than Jewish ethics.

  Blog text (31)

• To the nineteenth-century poet Karl Emil Franzos, Chernivtsi was Czernowitz, "the courtyard of the German paradise," an island of Kultur within "Half Asia."

  Academic text (2006)

• Yet what one is talking about here is what used to be referred to by the word "civilization." Norbert Elias analyzed the process of civilization in the West and contrasted the two key concepts of Kultur and Zivilization, pointing out that the last term was coined and mostly used in France and England, whereas the first one was German.

  Academic text (1997)

• Understanding the Kultur of a country is essential for appreciating its history and social dynamics.

Synonyms

C

civilization

vskultur

406 3.7

An advanced society with its own culture and way of life

emphasizes cultural and intellectual development rather than only social organization

C

culture

vskultur

13 6.2

Good taste and polite manners that show learning

covers broad cultural and intellectual development beyond mere refinement

G

Germanness

vskultur

1 8.0

The ideas, customs, and feelings that show someone or something is from Germany

focuses on societywide cultural and intellectual development rather than national character

Antonyms

I

ignorance

275 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

S

stagnation

19 6.8

A period when activity and growth stop, often in business or the economy

How Cultured

highbrow

8 8.1

civilization

406 3.7

kultur

1 9.9

urban culture

2 3.9

folklife

2 6.7

Surface Forms

Etymology