occultural
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of occult + cultural or occulture + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏkûlʹto͝oərəl, IPA(key): /ɒˈkʌltjʊəɹəl/
Adjective
[edit]occultural (not comparable)
- (imprecisely) Of or pertaining to the occult; occultic.
- (properly) Of or pertaining to occulture.
- 2005, Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West, volume 1, page 147:
- If there is some truth both to the argument concerning the significance of popular music and also to the argument concerning the emergence and significance of occulture in the West, then one would expect popular music, at certain points, to reflect occultural commitment and to be implicated in the process of sacralization.
- 2007, Gordon Lynch, The New Spirituality: An Introduction to Progressive Belief in the Twenty-first Century, page 111:
- The increasing pervasiveness of this occultural milieu across society suggests that it is beginning to displace institutional Christianity as the dominant religious culture.
Quotations
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