Dictionary · French

culturaliser

verb

Senses

  1. 1.

    to make cultural; to give a cultural dimension to

    to infuse something with cultural significance or meaning

  2. 2.

    to culturalize; to interpret through a cultural lens

    to frame or analyze something in terms of culture

Examples

  • "On ne peut pas culturaliser tous les problèmes sociaux."

    One cannot culturalize all social problems.

  • "Les anthropologues tendent à culturaliser les comportements humains."

    Anthropologists tend to culturalize human behavior.

  • "Il faut éviter de culturaliser les différences de classe."

    We must avoid culturalizing class differences.

Usage

This is a somewhat formal or academic verb, commonly used in anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies. It often carries a critical undertone-suggesting the reduction of complex issues to purely cultural explanations. The verb is regular and follows standard -er conjugation patterns.

Conjugation

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Présent

indicative
jeculturalise
tuculturalises
il/elleculturalise
nousculturalisons
vousculturalisez
ils/ellesculturalisent

Imparfait

indicative
jeculturalisais
tuculturalisais
il/elleculturalisait
nousculturalisions
vousculturalisiez
ils/ellesculturalisaient

Passé Simple

indicative
jeculturalisai
tuculturalisas
il/elleculturalisa
nousculturalisâmes
vousculturalisâtes
ils/ellesculturalisèrent

Futur Simple

indicative
jeculturaliserai
tuculturaliseras
il/elleculturalisera
nousculturaliserons
vousculturaliserez
ils/ellesculturaliseront