cultural reference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofculturalandreference
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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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reference
noun
uk/ˈref.ər.əns/us/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition ofculturalandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcultural reference
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Systems of belief are, he argues, only ' true ' within the language andculturalreference-points of those who hold them.
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The external points ofculturalreferenceduring the colonial period no longer seem so fixed.
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To offer quality and diversity, setting up aculturalreferencefrom this point of view.
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They are asking the following: are theculturalreferencepoints with which we identify going to be eradicated?
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The character is still used in newspaper reports on sport as aculturalreferencepoint.
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His comedies and various stories have produced a series of catchphrases, many of which are still present in bothculturalreference.
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The song is also used for parody andculturalreference.
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Its story became aculturalreferencepoint and its characters national icons.
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Culturalreferencehas been based on symbolic contrast and as a distinctive motif.
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Shirur has a significant historical andculturalreference.
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Without normative personal values, there would be noculturalreferenceagainst which to measure the virtue of individual values and so culture identity would disintegrate.
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More specifically, musical materials have a 'history of use', one consequence of which is that sounds are heard as cultural references and associations.
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There are other examples of me being mindful that an audience might not get a lot of these cultural references.
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In general, cultural references and stereotypes do seem to be close to the perceptions of professional linguistics.
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It aims to be aculturalreferencepoint, whose purpose is to spread culture and bring it to the public who is accustomed to other types of shows.
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From the stage, a flood of antipodal cultural references engulfed an enthusiastically appreciative audience.
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The introduction, weighed down with cultural references to other people's work, does her no favours.
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Using preexisting images is vital to the art form because the production of meaning draws heavily onculturalreferencean image or sound brings with it.
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Through this, the artist created their art with the sole intent of making art; not with a complicated political statement, not with aculturalreference, etc.
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