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Kultur
[ kool-toor ]
noun
, German.
- (in Nazi Germany) native culture, held to be superior to that of other countries and subordinating the individual to national interests.
- a civilization characteristic of a time or a people.
Kultur
/ kʊlˈtʊə /
noun
- (often used ironically) German civilization, esp as characterized by authoritarianism and earnestness
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Kultur1
German, from Latin cultūra culture
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Example Sentences
Naval "Kultur" began the day before yesterday, and the report to-day is that a Norwegian neutral was torpedoed.
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Now it was merely so much waste land, dedicated to uselessness by efficiency and kultur.
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Kultur is an abomination; philology is an abomination, all repressive uniforming education is an evil.
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The French, however, have been very loth to touch this unclean product of German Kultur.
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We dont want your Kaiser, nor your Kultur, nor your Kolossal, nor your capital.
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