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1. cultures

   Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups. Culture is often originated from or attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted a typical behavior for an individual and duty, honor, and loyalty to the social group are counted as virtues or functional responses in the continuum of conflict. In the practice of religion, analogous attributes can be identified in a social group. Cultural change, or repositioning, is the reconstruction of a cultural concept of a society. Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change. Cultures are externally affected via contact between societies. Organizations like UNESCO attempt to preserve culture and cultural heritage.

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1. Cultures

   Cultures is a series of computer games developed by Funatics Development. It includes the following games: ⁕Cultures ⁕The Cultures: Die Rache des Regengottes expansion to the original game. ⁕Cultures 2: The Gates of Asgard ⁕Northland ⁕8th Wonder of the World The Cultures series also features three compilations: ⁕Cultures Gold, with the original game and its expansion ⁕Cultures: The Adventure Box, which includes Northland and 8th Wonder of the World ⁕Cultures: The Saga, which includes the original Cultures, Northland, 8th Wonder of the World and a map editor.

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1. culturesnoun

   Plural noun of the word culture.

   The mix of cultures expressed themselves in the city through music, smells, dance, sounds, people, clothing and colors - amazing.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 21, 2017  

How to pronounce cultures?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say cultures in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cultures in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cultures in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cultures in a Sentence

1. George Steiner:

   It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.

2. Mahatma Gandhi:

   I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.

3. George Steiner:

   Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and archive mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement, against that past.

4. Nigel Farage:

   We've encouraged people from other cultures to remain within those cultures and not integrate fully within our communities.

5. Erich Fromm:

   The history of man is a graveyard of great cultures that came to catastrophic ends because of their incapacity for planned, rational, voluntary reaction to challenge.

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