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culturize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English culturize From culture + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To adapt to the rules or norms of a culture; to make cultural.
    • However, all those social principles we share with other animals have been thoroughly culturized. The process of culturization has enriched them and given them meaning, but has not obscured the basic animal characteristics. 1993, Michael T. McGuire, Human nature and the new Europe, page 84:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
culturizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
culturizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
culturized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
culturized Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

deculturize

Relateds

culturization

Synonyms

acculturate

Translations (1)

es culturizar (Translations)