uncultural

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ cultural.

Adjective

uncultural (comparative more uncultural, superlative most uncultural)

1. Not cultural.
   • 1926, Axel Brett, A Critical Approach to an Esthetic Theory‎^[1], page 23:

     To spend the day playing the flute or harp in the face of such a crying need and when no men were available would be a most uncultural and inartistic mal-development of man's potentialities.

   • 1944, South Indian Teacher - Volumes 17-19‎^[2], page 136:

     There are cultural and uncultural ways of teaching all subjects, and the subjects which it is desirable to teach depend on the structure of the society in which men and women are to live, or the things they are called upon to do.

   • 1984, Han Bonarius, Personality Psychology in Europe: Theoretical and empirical developments‎^[3], Swets & Zeitlinger, →ISBN, page 75:

     The first variate is characterized by second-person utterances that refer to the addressee as being aggressive and uncultural.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: sivistymätön (fi)
• German: unkulturell, kulturlos
• Hindi: असांस्कृतिक (hi) (asānskŕtik)