the development of the mind, esp by education
enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training
intellectual and artistic enlightenment as distinguished from vocational and technical skills
the customary beliefs, social forms, etc of a racial, religious, or social group
the socially transmitted pattern of human behaviour that includes thought, speech, action, institutions, and artefacts
‘When I hear the word “culture” I reach for my revolver.’ Hanns Johst's phrase, often attributed to Goering, refers to the fine and performing arts. Yet culture, which entails all of the ways in which people perceive, make intelligible and organize their being, can also embrace sport, science, and religion — Dr Maria Tippett
the cultivation of living cells, tissue, viruses, etc in prepared nutrient media, or a product of this
the cultivation of plants or crops; tillage
the attitude and behaviour of a particular social group or of society as a whole
drug culture
blame culture
[Middle English via French from Latin cultura, from cultus: see cult]