cultural norm

collocation in English

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cultural
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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norm
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/nɔːm/us
/nɔːrm/
an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people ...
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(Definition ofculturalandnormfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We should not try to get beyond our ownculturalnormof informed consent that requires we ask patients what they mean.
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Yet the dominantculturalnormthat forms the context for postmodern mixed identities remains nebulous.
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While respect for old persons was a fundamentalculturalnorm, social age per se was no guarantee that a person would be respected, could exert influence or would enjoy happiness.
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The resilience of thisculturalnormof moral interdependence became apparent when our respondents tried to justify their decision not to help a particular needy (grand)child or kinsperson.
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Money (a means) becomes an end in itself; and the pursuit of money becomes aculturalnorm.
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If one's body has become a symbol of one's identity, being fit reflects the person's willpower, energy and self-control in achieving theculturalnormof a ' youthful' old age.
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There had to be communities and parts of the country where that was theculturalnorm.
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Strategies of exclusion from social events and conversations were ongoing, and actively promoted as aculturalnorm.
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Whatever theculturalnorm, however, some women simply did not have a choice.
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In other words, preventive care is not aculturalnorm.
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It does not explain why a certainculturalnormexists, but rather describes that it exists.
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The practice has obvious health impacts, however, and has in recent years declined fromculturalnormto tourist curiosity.
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The number of hours worked by an individual during a year varies greatly according toculturalnorm(s) and economics.
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Transgressions and nonadherence toculturalnormmanners commonly result in alienation.
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The main thesis throughout the lectures was that it has been theculturalnormfor societies to be composed of different ethnic groups.
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Bigamy is the act of marrying one person while already being married to another, and is legally prohibited in most countries where monogamy is theculturalnorm.
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