inculture

English

Etymology 1

Verb

inculture (third-person singular simple present incultures, present participle inculturing, simple past and past participle incultured)

1. To adapt Christian teachings to suit a non-Christian culture.

Related terms

• inculturation

Etymology 2

in- (“not”) +‎ culture: compare French inculture.

Noun

inculture (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Lack or neglect of cultivation or culture.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     Certainly, the Inculture of the world would perish it into a wilderness

References

“inculture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

inculture f (plural incultures)

1. inculture

Further reading

• “inculture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

inculture f

1. plural of incultura