| Descriptor English: | Culture | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Cultura
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Cultura | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Culture (sociologie) | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Background, Cultural Backgrounds, Cultural Belief Beliefs Cultural Background Cultural Backgrounds Cultural Relativism Cultural Relativisms Cultures Customs Relativism, Cultural Relativisms, Cultural |
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| Tree number(s): |
I01.076.201.450 I01.880.853.100 SP3.311.900.898.314 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003469 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A collective expression for all behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols. Culture includes customs, traditions, and language. |
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| Annotation: | note category: not for microbial or tissue cultures |
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| Related: |
Cross-Cultural Comparison
MeSH Ethnocentrism DeCS | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 3490 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D003469 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2019/01/14 |
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ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences -
ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences
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Culture
- Preferred
Customs
- Narrower
Beliefs
- Related but not broader or narrower
Cultural Background
- Narrower
Cultural Relativism
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M0005415 |
| Scope note | A collective expression for all behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols. Culture includes customs, traditions, and language. |
| Preferred term | Culture |
| Entry term(s) |
Cultures |
| Concept UI |
M0005416 |
| Preferred term | Customs |
| Concept UI |
M0005413 |
| Preferred term | Beliefs |
| Entry term(s) |
Belief |
| Concept UI |
M0005414 |
| Preferred term | Cultural Background |
| Entry term(s) |
Background, Cultural Backgrounds, Cultural Cultural Backgrounds |
| Concept UI |
M000645262 |
| Scope note | The process by which the dominant symbols, acts, or meanings of a society reinforce the perspective of a dominant group while making invisible, stereotyped, or marked as “other” the variations in symbols, acts, and meanings from culture to culture.in the perspectives of subordinate or targeted groups. This includes the presumed universality of the dominant group’s experience, culture, and religion. |
| Preferred term | Cultural Relativism |
| Entry term(s) |
Cultural Relativisms Relativism, Cultural Relativisms, Cultural |
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