distinctive culture

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctiveandculture

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distinctive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/
Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from ...
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culture
noun
uk
/ˈkʌl.tʃər/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/
the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a ...
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(Definition ofdistinctiveandculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Too, the presence or absence of play in everyday interactions in which parenting work is accomplished may point to the larger context of each family'sdistinctiveculture.
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Despite internal differences in income and outlook, the nineteenth-century middle class were bound together by adistinctiveculture; moderate, rational and commercial, but above all moral and domesticated.
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With her language and herdistinctiveculturethere is no single field in which our claim for recognition is greater than in this instance.
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The county's plea for a degree of self-government is based partly on itsdistinctivecultureand language but more than that on the county's economy.
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Each country has its owndistinctiveculture, interests, aspirations and opinions.
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The true beauty of the area rests on its community life, sustaining adistinctivecultureand language, and its attachment still to the higher virtues of religion.
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Britain has adistinctivecultureand a resourceful people of great ingenuity and talent.
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Islands have adistinctiveculture, a distinctive identity and a distinctive geography, which is something to celebrate, not pity.
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Wales has its own language and highlydistinctiveculture.
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Members of any given society are united by a shared and partiallydistinctivecultureand networks of social relationships with one another.
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Such people share adistinctivecultureand institutions, which characterize the patterns of social relations between them.
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During numerous trials he documented typical personalities of the poorer, less-known part of the city with itsdistinctiveculture, language and customs.
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Members of visiting delegations attend classes, tour historic landmarks, and participate in other activities to learn more about thedistinctivecultureof the host country.
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One of his six general propositions is that wherever there is adistinctiveculture, there is to be found a distinctive speech code.
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Both islands have adistinctivecultureand history.
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In the 1950s and 1960s this community was clamouring for education and recognition of itsdistinctiveculture.
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Are the differences a re-ection of their distinctive cultures?
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