culturelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of culture.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English culture →
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Meanings

adjectiveculturelike (comparative more culturelike, superlative most culturelike)

comparative more culturelike · superlative most culturelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of culture.

    Certainly, learning from elders how to exploit the environment is a culturelike phenomenon.

    1978, Bill Seay, Nathan Gottfried, The development of behavior, page 170

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*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. Englishculturelike

From culture + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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