culturology
- noun
- /kʌlˈtʃʊrələdʒi/
- Specialized
- Researchers in culturology examine cultural practices to gain insight into how societies evolve over time.
- culturology's study of culture
Examples
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Culturology analyzes the notions of "subculture" and "countercultures" but is not very much interested in their practices.
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Culturology was expected to blow some fresh air into the stuffy atmosphere of philosophy, sociology, and other "victims" of Marxist-Leninist dogmatism.
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Culturology seemed to be far too open to any interventions, but in fact it was not.
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In such a climate, culturology could not be expected to deliver analyses of the current cultural situation or to provide answers to urgent problems.
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Although it opened the door to new trends, culturology itself was not able to digest them, since all these principles seriously undermined its raison d'être.
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The study of culturology helps us understand the development of different cultures and their influence on society.
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Many universities offer courses in culturology to explore the impacts of culture on social behavior.
Synonyms
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The study of different groups of people and their ways of life
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word culturology starts with culture and the ending -ology, which means 'study'. Culture comes from the Latin word cultura, meaning 'to grow' or 'care', and is the same idea behind cultivate and agriculture, so you can think of culturology as the study of how cultures 'grow' and shape societies.