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English
Etymology 1
Verb
inculture (third-person singular simple present incultures, present participle inculturing, simple past and past participle incultured)
- To adapt Christian teachings to suit a non-Christian culture.
Etymology 2
From in- (“not”) + culture: compare French inculture.
Noun
inculture (uncountable)
- (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
Noun
inculture f (plural incultures)
- inculture
Further reading
Italian
Noun
inculture f
- plural of incultura