English Explanatory Dictionary

cultural arbitrary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. arbitrary cultural constructions and beliefs that exist in the unconscious of an individual belonging to a culture

Word forms

cultural arbitrary cultural arbitraries

Etymology

Calque of French arbitraire culturel, coined by Bourdieu

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