Cultural concepts

countries with an originally European shared culture

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process in which a group or culture comes to resemble another group

experience one may have when moving to a cultural environment which is different from one's own

adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture

cultural dominance in imperialism

quality of diverse or different cultures

identity or feeling of belonging to a group

discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication

landscape, which is permanently embossed by humans

stock character; idealized indigene or otherwise wild outsider with noble characteristics

countries with an originally Asian shared culture

evolution of societies

Enculturation is the process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary to that culture and its worldviews.

sociological concept

policy intended to impact the arts, language, heritage, or diversity

Interculturalism is a political movement that supports cross-cultural dialogue and challenging self-segregation tendencies within cultures. Interculturalism involves moving beyond mere passive acceptance of multiple cultures existing in a society and instead promotes dialogue and interaction between cultures. Interculturalism is often used to describe the set of relations between indigenous and western ideals, grounded in values of mutual respect.

stock character; usually static characters who have eccentric personality quirks and are unabashedly girlish

Vulgarity is the quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined. This judgement may refer to language, visual art, social class, or social climbers. John Bayley said that the term can never be used self-referentially, because to be aware of vulgarity is to display a degree of sophistication which thereby elevates the subject above the vulgar.

Transculturation is a term coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1940 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. Transculturation encompasses more than transition from one culture to another; it does not consist merely of acquiring another culture (acculturation) or of losing or uprooting a previous culture (deculturation). Rather, it merges these concepts and instead carries the idea of the consequent creation of new cultural phenomena (neoculturation) in which the blending of cultures is understood as producing something entirely new.

ability to function in diverse settings

artifact created or modified by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users

term applied to an isolationist country, especially Korea

Ability to understand a culture

artistic and philosophical movement

sociological term for a cultural phenomena

social concept

conviction that culture is in decline

mechanisms by which existing cultural forms, values, practices, and shared understandings (i.e., norms) are transmitted from generation to generation

expression for the compromising of a person's integrity in exchange for personal gain

Transculturalism is defined as "seeing oneself in the other". Transcultural is in turn described as "extending through all human cultures" or "involving, encompassing, or combining elements of more than one culture".