Definition of culture-bound in US English:
culture-bound
adjectiveˈkəlCHərˌboundˈkəltʃərˌbaʊnd
Restricted in character or outlook by belonging or referring to a particular culture.
what evidence there is may be culture-bound, since most of it comes from the USA
Example sentencesExamples
- Then there are culture-bound syndromes, conditions that are only found in specific locations.
- Treatment packages are entirely too culture-bound as they exist now.
- However, psychotherapy itself is a highly culture-bound mainstream phenomenon that generally ignores and thereby perpetuates issues of power.
- He doesn't deny that technology has a place, but it also has its limits in being able to cope with all the inferences, nuances and culture-bound applications that make up meaning.
- It has been said that education is culture-bound.