cultural tradition

collocation in English

meaningsofculturalandtradition

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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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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition ofculturalandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From a rather differentculturaltraditioncomes another report.
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This dialectical relationship between social practice andculturaltraditiondefines the available space for agency.
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Pronatalist views andculturaltradition, which often had a stronger influence, have not been discussed.
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In most endemic developing countries, raw fish preparation is influenced by their ownculturaltradition.
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This also involves the significant role of collectors as preservers of theculturaltradition.
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Nor can the symbolic language of religion be reduced to aculturaltraditionreflecting the continuation of certain ancestral practices.
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The reference to a specificculturaltraditioncan be expressed through a number of more or less explicit strategies.
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This would indicate the wide par ticipation of most of the residents in a differentculturaltradition.
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All are affected byculturaltradition, but respond to the ' intercultural ' context and urban environment of the moment.
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In many ways, we have a differentculturaltradition.
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That is not part of ourculturaltradition.
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They are not democratic concepts with aculturaltradition.
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It is an importantculturaltraditionin its own right.
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Noculturaltraditioncan be placed above universal human rights.
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It is very much part of the westernculturaltradition.
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The five-element design discussed earlier determined the construction of the majority of the residential clusters at sites of thisculturaltradition.
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Their results suggested that the affective response to music was determined more byculturaltraditionthan the inherent qualities of the music.
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The 'good nationalism' according to them, respects facts and archaeological data, promotes pride in a specificculturaltraditionand may help promote resistance to colonialism and racism.
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Yet this eclectic desire to understand, contextualize, and take seriously the truth claims of every philosophical orculturaltraditionhas given intellectual historians their distinctive disciplinary identity.
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Despite these dynamics of music as a form of communication, it is still usually conceived and articulated as an abstract art form - beyond words - in ourculturaltradition.
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The problematical nature of this relationship demands close scrutiny since it simmers beneath the myriad and often insistent claims periodically advanced within this long-standingculturaltradition.
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Meanwhile, there has been a long-running debate about whether affective response in music is determined more byculturaltraditionthan by the inherent qualities of music.
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They were ready to discover a new and surprising identity for buildings precisely to defy the historicist conventions that until then dominated architecture as aculturaltradition.
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Ourculturaltraditionobliges us to strive for a more human world which respects human rights.
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It is a strong and vibrant community, which brings a richculturaltraditionto this country.
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