culture hero
culture hero noun: a mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.
Noun
culture hero (plural culture heroes)
- A mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.
- A precisely similar notion was found by Avila among the Indians of Huarochiri, whose divine culture-hero imposed, by a curse or a blessing, their character and habits on the beasts.1886, Andrew Lang, chapter 6, in Myth, Ritual, and Religion
- [T]he U.S. has long been the Land of Efficiency. . . . Here mass production was born, the assembly line for good or ill became the modern cornucopia, and Henry Ford once reigned as the leading culture hero.1970 March 23, “Business: America the Inefficient”, in Time
Forms of culture hero
| plural | culture heroes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | culture-hero |
Questions about culture hero
- What does culture hero mean?
- Culture hero means a mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.
- What part of speech is culture hero?
- Culture hero is a noun.
- What is the plural of culture hero?
- The plural of culture hero is culture heroes.
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