culturalist
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- noun
- /ˈkʌltʃərəlɪst/
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culturalista
- As a culturalist, she believes that understanding diverse cultures is essential for social harmony.
- pop culturalist
But Pascoe noted that what the culturalists were saying was not that there was no such thing as race, but rather that race was nothing more than biology.
- But Pascoe noted that what the culturalists were saying was not that there was no such thing as race, but rather that race was nothing more than biology.
Examples
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Culturalists, however, have the most trouble with political factors.
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The French right and Muslim culturalists in France today both play off one another.
Academic text (2009) -
Still, his approach seems undecidedly stuck between what we may term "universalist" and "culturalist" positions.
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One day, culturalists claim that Japanese culture explains the economic successes of Japan, and then a few years later, culture also explains the setbacks.
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But Pascoe noted that what the culturalists were saying was not that there was no such thing as race, but rather that race was nothing more than biology.
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For culturalists, by contrast, meaning-making refers to collective contest over interpretation.
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Polletta points out that a continuing yet unrecognized problem in the supposed debate between culturalists and structuralists is the false separation between culture and structure.
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One of the most notable characteristics of anthropology is its synthesis of natural and social sciences, whereby anthropologists study various non-Western cultures from naturalists' and culturalists' perspectives.
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The culturalist emphasized the significance of local traditions in shaping community identity.
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He identified himself as a culturalist because he valued the impact of art and literature on society.
Synonyms
A person who supports and promotes the arts or healthy living
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Culturalist comes from culture, meaning shared 'ways of life' that people grow and pass on, and the ending -ist (like in artist) means 'a person who believes in or studies something'. So a culturalist is a person who studies or argues that culture shapes people and society.