acultural

[ ey-kuhl-cher-uhl ]

adjective

1. not determined by or related to any particular culture, and therefore often implying something that is unbiased, universal, natural, or purely rational; not cultural:

   For school districts that no longer consider math education to be acultural, culturally diverse settings for word problems are the norm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acultural¹

First recorded in 1935–40; a- ⁶( def ) + cultural ( def )

Example Sentences

The Holders circled the Motilon territory, visiting towns in Venezuela and Colombia which had been close and nervous neighbors of the Motilones for several hundred years. heard enough Indian tales to fill a dozen pulp magazines, but they could not find a single "acultural individual."

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