culture-bound
Society-dependent in meaning
Culture-bound describes something limited to or shaped by a particular culture's values, beliefs, or practices.
A culture-bound syndrome is a pattern of symptoms recognized as illness in one culture but not others.
The concept of personal space is largely culture-bound.
What counts as polite, beautiful, or pathological often turns out to be culture-bound rather than universal.
Comprehensive belief framework
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
spirituality · religion · dogma · doctrine · ideology · ethos · mores · values
Systematic study of peoples
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- sociolinguisticsStudy of language variation
ethnology · qualitative · informants · monograph · ethnographic · contextual · kinship · comparative
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
rites · festivals · observances · practices · conventions · legends · myths · fables
Relating to an area
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- nativeOriginating from a place
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- dialectRegional language variety
cuisine · heritage · ancestral · homeland · provincial · parochial · endemic · idiosyncratic
worldview
Comprehensive belief framework
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
folklore · spirituality · religion · dogma · doctrine · ideology · ethos · mores · values · norms
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
sociolinguistics · ethnology · qualitative · informants · monograph · ethnographic · contextual · kinship · comparative · methodology
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · rites · festivals · observances · practices · conventions · legends · myths · fables · proverbs
regional
Relating to an area
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- nativeOriginating from a place
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
dialect · cuisine · heritage · ancestral · homeland · provincial · parochial · endemic · idiosyncratic · untranslatable
somatization
Mental distress expressed physically
culture-bounduniversal
Affecting all equally
cross-cultural · transcultural · multicultural · intercultural · culture-fair
culture-bounduniversal
Affecting all equally
generalizable · worldwide · ubiquitous · invariant · unrestricted
culture, bound, cultures, cultured, cultural, culturally, culturing, subculture, counterculture