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Kulturkreis

[ German kool-toor-krahys ]

noun

, Anthropology.
, plural Kul·tur·krei·se [k, oo, l-, toor, -k, r, ahy-z, uh].
  1. formerly, a complex of related cultural traits assumed to diffuse or radiate outward as a unit in concentric waves or circles.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Kulturkreis1

1945–50; < German, equivalent to Kultur culture + Kreis circle

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