noun
enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training
a man of culture is known by his reading
Synonyms: breeding, cultivation, polish, refinement
Related Word: education, enlightenment, erudition, learning; gentility, manners; discrimination, taste; savoir-faire, sophistication, urbanity; class, elegance
Contrasted words: greenness, ignorance, inexperience, verdancy; crudeness, vulgarity