cultural diffusion

collocation in English

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cultural
adjective
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/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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diffusion
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/us
/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/
the action of spreading in ...
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(Definition ofculturalanddiffusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This would help to ensure their wideculturaldiffusion.
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Historicallyculturaldiffusionand hybridisation have occurred through migration, colonial conquest and domination.
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Nor does he address how the heterogeneity produced by international processes of migration andculturaldiffusioncan renew regions.
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What changes in social motivation and social practice as opposed toculturaldiffusionor influence can be deduced from the grave rituals discussed?
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Increasing rates of both in- and out-migration and the persistence of local migration patterns, even in the early twentieth century, further strengthened thisculturaldiffusionmechanism.
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His doctoral research was onculturaldiffusion.
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Unfortunately, newer socio-economic and cultural changes in the community spurred a slow reverseculturaldiffusion.
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He is known for his work on migration,culturaldiffusionand time geography.
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The is oriented towards excellence in teaching, research andculturaldiffusionto society.
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Although it had its faults, colonialism was probably one of the most efficacious engines forculturaldiffusionin world history.
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Such a political union also brought about an increase inculturaldiffusionand unity between the various nations.
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It is debated whether this is true writing, and if it is, whether it is another case ofculturaldiffusionof writing.
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The currently more popular view is that any movement of peoples was on a smaller scale, withculturaldiffusionresponsible for most of the changes.
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Some believe that it had direct and militaristic dominance; others that adoption of foreign traits was part of a selective, conscious, and bi-directionalculturaldiffusion.
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The second type of entry consists of modern comparisons between features or phenomena in the ancient world that may show the effects of cultural contact orculturaldiffusion.
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Those disputed are fueled in part by the overuse ofculturaldiffusion, starting in the late 19th century, as a blanket explanation for "all" similarities between widely dispersed cultures.
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