English Explanatory Dictionary

natureculture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Nature and culture, understood as inseparable elements of a single system rather than as dichotomous.

Word forms

natureculture naturecultures

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder. Latin nāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō ▲ Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English natureculture Coined by American science and technology studies scholar Donna Haraway in 2003, from nature + culture.

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