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culturalize

culturalize verb: to adapt to the norms of a particular culture.

Verb

culturalize (third-person singular simple present culturalizes, present participle culturalizing, simple past and past participle culturalized)

  1. (transitive) To adapt to the norms of a particular culture.
    • Knowing is the only human activity that does not culturalize the object to which it refers. It is inherent to pure knowing not to alter its object but rather inquire into it faithfully […]1964, Francisco Romero, Theory of Man, page 100

Forms of culturalize

third-person singular presentculturalizes
present participleculturalizing
past participleculturalized
pastculturalized
alternative formculturalise

Origin of culturalize

From cultural + -ize.

Words formed from culturalize

Questions about culturalize

What does culturalize mean?
Culturalize means to adapt to the norms of a particular culture.
What part of speech is culturalize?
Culturalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of culturalize?
The past tense of culturalize is culturalized.

Words near culturalize in the dictionary

  1. culturalists
  2. culturalities
  3. culturality
  4. culturalization
  5. culturalizations
  6. culturalize
  7. culturalized
  8. culturalizer
  9. culturalizers
  10. culturalizes
  11. culturalizing

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