Meanings
adjectiveculturewide (not comparable)
- not comparableThroughout a culture.
adverbculturewide (not comparable)
- not comparableThroughout a culture.
But studios remain focused on young ticket buyers — even though data from the Motion Picture Association of America indicates that older moviegoers are more loyal customers — and that leads to raunchy comedies, especially at a time when the limits of tastefulness continue to be tested culturewide.
2015 August 2, Brooks Barnes, “R-Rated Comedies, ‘Vacation’ Among Them, Continue to Struggle”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
- Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
- Old Englishwīd
- Englishwide
- Englishculturewide
Cite this entry
APA
culturewide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturewide
MLA
“culturewide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturewide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culturewide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturewide.
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