xenoculture

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noun

A foreign culture.

OriginEnglish culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra →
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Meanings

nounxenoculture (plural xenocultures)

plural xenocultures

  1. biologyA foreign culture.
  2. rarearchitectureUnconventional forms of art and architecture that defy social expectations and customs.

    XENO Installation for group exhibition "Evolo Xenoculture".

    2016, monad_studio, Instagram
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    Architecture Xenoculture is the problematization of work produced by embracing the proliferation of this mist of fear.

    2013, Juan Azulay, Actar Publishers

    Xenoculture is a term coined by Iranian writer and philosopher Reza Negarestani that describes the need for embracing and exploring the unexpected, the alien.

    2013, Diego Hernández, ArchDaily

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
  2. Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
  3. Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
  4. Englishxeno-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  7. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  8. Latincolō
  9. Latincultūra
  10. Middle Frenchculture
  11. Englishculture
  12. Englishxenoculture

From xeno- + culture.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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