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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Teoría cultural

Pronunciation / Transliteration: te-o-ria kul-tu-ral

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cultural theory/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl ˈθɪə.ri/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La teoría cultural permite analizar las prácticas sociales."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A framework for analyzing and interpreting cultural practices and beliefs.

    "Cultural theory provides insights into how societal norms shape individual behaviors."
  2. 2

    A set of ideas that explain the relationship between culture and social structures.

    "In her dissertation, she applied cultural theory to examine the impact of media on youth identity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'cultural' (from Latin 'cultura', meaning cultivation or tending) and 'theory' (from Greek 'theoria', meaning contemplation or speculation). The compound emerged in the mid-20th century within the humanities and social sciences to describe frameworks analyzing the symbolic dimensions of social life.

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