ur-culture
ur-culture noun: a theoretical original culture.
Noun
ur-culture (plural ur-cultures)
- A theoretical original culture.
- Heroic cultures are inevitably presented as ur-cultures, as something not so much lived in as looked back upon.2009, William Ian Miller, The Anatomy of Disgust, page 143
- The Satsumon culture itself was presumably some mixture of Jomon and Yayoi, which as others have mentioned are the main two ur-cultures in Japan (though there are definitely later waves of arrivals as well).2017, Benjamin Peterson, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Forms of ur-culture
| plural | ur-cultures |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ur-culture |
| alternative form | urculture |
Origin of ur-culture
From ur- + culture.
Questions about ur-culture
- What does ur-culture mean?
- Ur-culture means a theoretical original culture.
- What part of speech is ur-culture?
- Ur-culture is a noun.
- What is the plural of ur-culture?
- The plural of ur-culture is ur-cultures.
Words near ur-culture in the dictionary
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