noun
1 customs, ideas, beliefs, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ ancient , primitive
▪ dominant
▪ modern , traditional
▪ patriarchal
▪ human
▪ alien , foreign
▪ indigenous , native
▪ local , national
▪ global , world
▪ black , Greek , Islamic , Western , etc.
▪
These ideas have always been central to Western ~.
▪ rural , urban
▪ mainstream , underground
▪ gay
▪ diverse , vibrant
▪ bourgeois , working-class , etc.
▪ street , youth
▪
As young people started to have more money, a significant youth ~ developed.
▪ dance , hip-hop , rock , etc.
▪ computer , drug , football ( BrE )
▪ legal , political , scientific , etc.
▪
the political ~ of the US
▪ company , corporate , organizational
▪ business , professional
▪ academic , intellectual
▪ religious , secular
▪ capitalist , commercial , consumer , enterprise , materialistic , etc.
▪
the development of the enterprise ~
▪ celebrity
▪ wider
▪
Prisoners are isolated from the wider ~ of society at large.
VERB + CULTURE
▪ assimilate
▪
The Romans gradually assimilated the ~ of the people they had conquered.
▪
Newcomers to the company are soon assimilated into the ~.
▪ embrace
▪
immigrants who embrace American ~
▪ build , create , develop , foster , produce , shape
▪
The new director is trying to foster a ~ of open communication within the company.
▪ change , transform
▪
The computer has changed the ~ of the design profession.
▪ understand
▪
Children need to learn to understand ~s other than their own.
▪ maintain , preserve
▪ reflect
▪
The paintings reflect African American ~.
CULTURE + VERB
▪ develop
CULTURE + NOUN
▪ group
▪
a country containing many language and ~ groups
▪ shock
▪
She experienced great ~ shock when she first came to Europe.
▪ clash , wars ( esp. AmE )
▪ change
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
In some ~s children have an important place.
PHRASES
▪ a clash of ~s
▪ a ~ of fear , a ~ of secrecy , a ~ of violence
2 art, literature, music, etc
ADJECTIVE
▪ contemporary , modern , postmodern
▪ mass , pop , popular
▪ folk
▪ high
▪ literary , musical , oral , print
▪
Jokes are an important part of our popular oral ~.
PHRASES
▪ a man of ~ , a woman of ~