The degree to which the parts of a culture form a consistent and interrelated whole.

The learned norms, values, knowledge, artifacts, language and symbols that are constantly communicated among people who share a common way of life.

The group whose value, norms, traditions, and outlooks are imposed on the society as a whole.

The tendency to view one’s own cultural patterns as good and right to judge other culture patterns by those standards.

Norms that are everyday habits and conventions.

The body of facts and beliefs people accumulate over time.

A system of verbal (and usually also written) symbols with rules about how those symbols can be strung together to convey more complex meanings.

Norms that are enacted as formal rules by a political body and enforced by the power of the state.

All the physical objects, or artifacts, that people make and attach meaning to

Norms that people consider vital to their well-being and to their most cherished values.

Human creations, such as values, norms, knowledge, systems of government, language, and so on, that are not embodied in physical objects.

Specific guidelines for action that say how people should behave in particular situations

Any pattern of behavior that provides indications about who people are, what groups they belong to, and what their understanding of a situation is.

A set of distinctive norms, values, knowledge, artifacts, language, and symbols that a particular group in society uses to distinguish itself from the dominant culture

An object, gesture, sound, image, or design that represents something other than itself

General ideas that people share about what is good or bad, desirable or undesirable.