cultural specificity

collocation in English

meaningsofculturalandspecificity

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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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specificity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌspes.ɪˈfɪs.ə.ti/us
/ˌspes.əˈfɪs.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being specific (= clear ...
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(Definition ofculturalandspecificityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcultural specificity

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We tend to conflate the difference between the two, and thus lose theculturalspecificityof ' pop/rock'.
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Here ' ' being modern ' ' is filtered through class position andculturalspecificity.
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However, all scales demonstrateculturalspecificityand rely upon measuring loneliness via indirect questions relating to direct social engagement.
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This is a little-researched area, one that is ripe for inquiry both into the universality andculturalspecificityof processes that underlie anxiety and depression.
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The texts are fluently and readably translated within the constraints imposed by theculturalspecificityand the religiosity of the original materials.
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Culturalspecificityis important, and the different subsections of a newspaper might not be the same in different cultures.
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Culturalspecificityand perceived status of typologies used can both have adverse influences on pupil outcomes.
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Curtis called too for a deeper consideration of cultural context, and especially for examination of the claims ofculturalspecificitymade by international firms competing for foreign projects.
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Sulaiman not only sets personal memory within the context of local history, but into a larger human dimension in which the intimately personal transcendsculturalspecificityand collective circumstance.
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It remains ethnographic because it is grounded inculturalspecificity, which is not essentialist and can be always-changing.
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