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# culture

«culture» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The way of life of a group of people: their language…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (culture — uncountable; a culture, cultures); verb (culture — in science, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The way of life of a group of people: their language, food, clothes, beliefs, customs, festivals, music and art. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#m1)

2) Art, music, books, theatre and other creative activities, all together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#m2)

3) The ideas and habits shared by people in a group, like a school or team (a culture of kindness). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#m3)

4) (science) Tiny living things, like bacteria, grown on purpose in a dish for study. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies and history, pupils learn about many cultures: Indigenous cultures, cultures of the countries their families come from, and how cultures mix in modern cities. Respecting other cultures is part of manners and citizenship. In science, a culture is bacteria grown on agar in a petri dish. Phrases: different cultures, culture shock, popular culture (pop culture), Māori culture, Aboriginal culture, cultural (adjective), multicultural.

### examples

- Kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution ; both are wrong, as an adept cultured clairvoyant could prove. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x1)
- Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x2)
- Every culture has its own festivals and foods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x3)
- In our class there are children from many different cultures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x4)
- We learned about Māori culture and the haka. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x5)
- Bowing is part of Japanese culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x6)
- Music, dance and stories are part of a culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x7)
- Our school has a culture of helping each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x8)
- The scientist grew a culture of bacteria in a petri dish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x9)
- Moving to a new country can give you culture shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x10)
- The continuity of language and culture between these two divisions of Gaeldom has clearly brought about this identity of their folk-tales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x11)

### note

«Culture» is usually uncountable (culture is important) but countable when talking about different groups (many cultures). Adjective: cultural (cultural traditions). No culture is «normal» and others «strange» — they are just different.

### In the corpora

- [A habit learned from others and passed on is a small piece of culture.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory/4/)
- [Classmates from different cultures or religions deserve curiosity and respect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/103-screens-fairness-and-differences/13/)
- [Remarks about someone's food can make them ashamed, because food comes from different families and cultures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/18/)
- [When their cultures are talked about, listen and learn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/6/)
- [Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Native American peoples are the first peoples of their lands, and their cultures deserve respect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «culture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.