culturalize

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verb

To adapt to the norms of a particular culture.

OriginEnglish cultural ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French culture →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person culturalizes · participle present culturalizing · participle past culturalized · past culturalized · alternative culturalise

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincultūra
  6. Middle Frenchculture
  7. Englishculture
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishcultural
  11. Englishculturalize

From cultural + -ize.

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APA

culturalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturalize

MLA

“culturalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturalize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culturalize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturalize.

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