Meanings
present singular third person culturizes · participle present culturizing · participle past culturized · past culturized
- transitiveTo 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 84Synonyms: acculturate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo adapt to the rules or norms of a culture; to make cultural.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Englishculturize
Translations
Spanish culturizar
- culturizarTranslations
Cite this entry
culturize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturize
“culturize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culturize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturize.
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