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cultural arbitrary

cultural arbitrary noun: arbitrary cultural constructions and beliefs that exist in the unconscious of an individual belonging to a culture.

Noun

cultural arbitrary (plural cultural arbitraries)

  1. arbitrary cultural constructions and beliefs that exist in the unconscious of an individual belonging to a culture

Forms of cultural arbitrary

pluralcultural arbitraries

Origin of cultural arbitrary

Calque of French arbitraire culturel, coined by Bourdieu

Questions about cultural arbitrary

What does cultural arbitrary mean?
Cultural arbitrary means arbitrary cultural constructions and beliefs that exist in the unconscious of an individual belonging to a culture.
What part of speech is cultural arbitrary?
Cultural arbitrary is a noun.
What is the plural of cultural arbitrary?
The plural of cultural arbitrary is cultural arbitraries.

Words near cultural arbitrary in the dictionary

  1. cultural appropriation
  2. cultural appropriations
  3. cultural appropriator
  4. cultural appropriators
  5. cultural arbitraries
  6. cultural arbitrary
  7. cultural barbiturate
  8. cultural Bolshevik
  9. cultural Bolsheviks
  10. cultural Bolshevism
  11. cultural capital

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