metaculturaladj.
/ˌmɛtəˈkʌltʃ(ə)rəl/, /ˌmɛtəˈkʌltʃ(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈkəltʃ(ə)r(ə)l/ That transcends any particular culture, or exists across cultures.
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1949 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 9 578 It has become fashionable..to explain the character of a culture by reference to a pervasive belief in some meta-cultural value grounded in a metaphysical reality.
1956 Ethics 66 207/2 It is..of the greatest importance that we should be clear about the source of this transcendental, metacultural moral ideal.
1977 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 6 131 The now common treatment of art and ritual as culturally rich, metacultural sign systems similar to literature.
1984 J. Grahn Another Mother Tongue x. 270 The qualities of Gayness are metacultural, they transcend..historical time,..national borders.
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