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WESTERN CULTURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Western culture mean?
• WESTERN CULTURE (noun)
The noun WESTERN CULTURE has 1 sense:
1. the modern culture of western Europe and North America
Familiarity information: WESTERN CULTURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The modern culture of western Europe and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Western civilization; Western culture
Context example:
when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea
Hypernyms ("Western culture" is a kind of...):
civilisation; civilization; culture (a particular society at a particular time and place)
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