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Definition of Culture Maker
(noun) An individual or group that creates and spreads culture.
Examples of Culture Maker
- artists
- celebrities
Culture Maker Pronunciation
Syllabification: cul·ture mak·er
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /kUHl-chuhr mAY-kuhr/
- British English – /kUHl-chuh mAY-kuh/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /ˈkʌlʧər ˈmeɪkər/
- British English – /ˈkʌlʧə ˈmeɪkə/
Usage Notes
- Plural: culture makers
- The mass media are culture makers and create mass culture.
- Variant spellings:
- culturemaker
- culture-maker
Additional Information
- Word origin of “culture” and “maker” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
- Young, Mitchell. 2008. Culture Wars. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.
Related Terms
Works Consulted
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 2011. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Merriam-Webster. (N.d.) Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/).
Oxford University Press. (N.d.) Oxford Dictionaries. (https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/).
Princeton University. 2010. WordNet. (https://wordnet.princeton.edu/).
Random House Webster’s College Dictionary. 1997. New York: Random House.
Wikipedia contributors. (N.d.) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/).
Cite the Definition of Culture Maker
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “culture maker.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 18, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/culture maker/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
culture maker. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/culture maker/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “culture maker.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/culture maker/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“culture maker.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/culture maker/>.