cultural values
Society's guiding principles
Cultural values are the shared beliefs, principles, and standards a community holds about what matters—what's good, right, or desirable.
These shape behavior, traditions, and social norms across generations: Hard work is a core cultural value in many societies.
Values vary widely: one culture prizes individualism, another collectivism; one emphasizes honor, another equality.
Their cultural values clashed with the company's corporate culture.
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
norms · unwritten rules · identity · mother tongue · morals · rituals · rites of passage · coming of age · community · common ground · ancestors · blood ties · sacred · taboo · honor · respect · family · roots
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- common knowledgegeneral knowledge, trivia, common sense, proverbs, sayings
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- cultural elementstraditions, heritage, customs, ritual, religions
- heritagemuseum, national heritage, archive, monument, landmark
- social phenomenasocial change, social norms, social movements, conformity, inequality
cultural valuessurvival instincts
Inborn drive to stay alive
base instincts · biological imperatives · human nature · genetic predispositions · animal instincts
cultural valuesuniversal values
Principles recognized across societies
natural law · human rights · objective morality · absolute values · universal truths
cultural, culture, cultures, cultured, culturally, multicultural, intercultural, agriculture, agricultural