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The shared beliefs, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that define a group or society.

Definition of Culture: The concept of culture and its various meanings.
Elements of Culture: The components that constitute culture such as language, beliefs, values, customs, etc.
Cultural Diversity: The different cultural practices, beliefs, and values that exist across societies and within society.
Cultural Relativism: The concept that cultures should be judged according to their own standards, rather than applying one standard to all cultures.
Socialization: The process through which individuals learn and internalize the culture of their society.
Ethnocentrism: The belief that one's own culture is superior to others.
Cultural Anthropology: The study of cultural variation among humans.
Cultural Transmission: The process through which cultural practices and beliefs are passed down from one generation to another.
Cultural Change: The evolution of cultures over time due to internal or external factors.
Cultural Imperialism: The imposition of one culture over others, typically through political or economic means.
Cultural Hegemony: The dominance of one culture over others, as a result of power relations.
Culture Shock: The disorientation and discomfort experienced by individuals when encountering a new culture.
Cultural Hybridity: The blending of cultures resulting from cross-cultural interactions.
Cultural Revitalization: The process through which cultures that have been marginalized, suppressed, or lost are revived or reconstructed.
globalization: The increasing interconnectedness of cultures and the spread of cultural practices and beliefs across national boundaries.
Cultural Appropriation: The adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture, typically without understanding or respecting their cultural significance.
Acculturation: The process through which individuals from one culture adapt to the practices of another culture.
Multiculturalism: The coexistence of multiple cultures within a society.
Cultural Identity: The sense of belonging and identification individuals have with their culture, and the role it plays in shaping their unique perspectives and behavior.
Intercultural Communication: The communication between individuals from different cultures and the challenges and strategies that come with it.
Material Culture: It includes tangible things like gadgets, clothing, tools, and other physical objects.
Non-Material Culture: It includes non-tangible things like norms, values, beliefs, ideas, and ideologies which are passed down through generations.
Pop Culture: Popular culture, often referred to as pop culture, is a set of ideas that are prevalent among a given society at a given time. Pop culture includes music, fashion, movies, TV series, and anything that captures the attention of a large audience.
High Culture: High culture includes cultural products that are associated with education and sophistication like classical music, fine arts, literature, and theatre.
Subculture: Subcultures are small groups within a society that have their own unique set of values, norms, language, and behaviors that are cut off from the dominant culture to varying degrees.
Counter Culture: Counter Culture developed in opposition to dominant culture(generally considered as mainstream culture) and its norms and values. Some examples of counterculture include hippies, punks, anarchists, and some extremist groups.
Folk Culture: Folk culture that includes the traditions, customs, music, and practices of smaller communities in a society like a rural village, tribe or communities.
National Culture: National Culture is a set of shared understanding, values, beliefs, and attributes that define the identity of a nation.
Corporate Culture: Corporate culture refers to the work environment, beliefs, principles, and values of an organization.
Youth Culture: Youth culture carries features of pop culture and subculture and it reflects the social behavior, norms, values, and beliefs among the younger generation.
Religious Culture: Religious culturess involve the practices, beliefs, and values of a particular religion, and how these are expressed in society.
Technological Culture: Technological Culture is a term that refers to the ways in which technology (e.g., social media, smartphones, drones, virtual reality, etc.) shapes culture, communication, and social interaction.
"Culture encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups."
"Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization."
"A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group."
"Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change."
"In military culture, valor is counted a typical behavior for an individual, and duty, honor, and loyalty to the social group are counted as virtues or functional responses in the continuum of conflict."
"In the practice of religion, analogous attributes can be identified in a social group."
"Cultural change, or repositioning, is the reconstruction of a cultural concept of a society."
"Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change."
"Cultures are externally affected via contact between societies."
"Organizations like UNESCO attempt to preserve culture and cultural heritage."
"Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization."
"A cultural norm serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group."
"In military culture, duty, honor, and loyalty to the social group are counted as virtues or functional responses in the continuum of conflict."
"In the practice of religion, analogous attributes can be identified in a social group."
"Cultures are externally affected via contact between societies."
"Organizations like UNESCO attempt to preserve culture and cultural heritage."
"Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change."
"Cultural change, or repositioning, is the reconstruction of a cultural concept of a society."
"Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change."
"Culture encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups."