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PRONUNCIATION OF CULTURE LAG

culture lag  [ˈkʌltʃə læɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULTURE LAG

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Culture lag is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CULTURE LAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cultural lag

The term cultural lag refers to the notion that culture takes time to catch up with technological innovations, and that social problems and conflicts are caused by this lag. Subsequently, cultural lag does not only apply to this idea only, but also relates to theory and explanation. It helps by identifying and explaining social problems and also to predict future problems. As explained by James W. Woodward, when the material conditions change, changes are occasioned in the adaptive culture, but these changes in the adaptive culture do not synchronize exactly with the change in the material culture, this delay is the culture lag. The term was coined by sociologist William F. Ogburn in his 1922 work Social change with respect to culture and original nature. His theory of cultural lag suggests that a period of maladjustment occurs when the non-material culture is struggling to adapt to new material conditions. This resonates with ideas of technological determinism, in that it presupposes that technology has independent effects on society at large.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CULTURE LAG


beflag
bɪˈflæɡ
blag
blæɡ
clag
klæɡ
cornflag
ˈkɔːnˌflæɡ
flag
flæɡ
graylag
ˈɡreɪˌlæɡ
greylag
ˈɡreɪˌlæɡ
Gulag
ˈɡuːlæɡ
lag
læɡ
reflag
riːˈflæɡ
rolag
ˈrəʊˌlæɡ
slag
slæɡ
stalag
ˈstælæɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULTURE LAG

cultural anthropology
cultural cringe
cultural lag
Cultural Revolution
culturally
culturati
culture
culture clash
culture fluid
culture gap
culture jamming
culture medium
culture shock
culture vulture
culture-fair test
culture-free test
cultured
cultured pearl
cultureless
culturist

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULTURE LAG

black flag
Blue Flag
chequered flag
corner flag
cultural lag
fly the flag
Green Flag
jet lag
national flag
oflag
rainbow flag
red flag
signal flag
sweet flag
the flag
the Red Flag
time-lag
Union flag
white flag
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Synonyms and antonyms of culture lag in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «culture lag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULTURE LAG

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Translator English - Chinese

文化滞后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cultura lag
570 millions of speakers

English

culture lag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संस्कृति अंतराल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ثقافة متخلفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

культура отставание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cultura lag
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংস্কৃতি লেগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

culture retard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lag budaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kultur -Lag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

培養ラグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문화 지연
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Budaya sithik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lag văn hóa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கலாச்சாரம் பின்னடைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संस्कृती काळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kültür eksikliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cultura lag
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kultura lag
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

культура відставання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lag cultură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουλτούρα lag
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kultuur lag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kultur eftersläpning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kultur lag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of culture lag

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULTURE LAG»

The term «culture lag» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.330 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about culture lag

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULTURE LAG»

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Politics and Society in the Developing World
Closely related to industrialisation's effects on social change is the phenomenon known as culture lag. Similar to industrialisation, social change is brought about through culture lag because changes in one aspect of society necessitate ...
Mehran Kamrava, 2012
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The Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work
The culture lags behind the economy, creating what William Ogburn has called a "culture lag."4 Because economic trends bear most directly on women, they change women more.5 As a result, culturally speaking, men lag behind women in  ...
Arlie Russell Hochschild, 2003
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Thorstein Veblen and the Enrichment of Evolutionary Naturalism
Cultural Lag and Economic Self-Interest In his last writings on Veblen, Davis commented that “Veblen made less of vested interest and more of culture lag in explaining contemporary institutions.”64 Davis believed this was unfortunate in that ...
Rick Tilman, 2007
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Informal Finance in China: American and Chinese Perspectives
Cause of the Distortion of Informal Finance in China—Culture Lag In the past 1000 years, diverse forms of credit culture have emerged and evolved in China. The Analects of Confucius written 2400 years ago states that ''without trust, the ...
Jianjun Li, Sara Hsu, 2009
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Sociology: Understanding a Diverse Society, Updated
The symptoms of culture lag can be seen in the uneven dissemination of computer capability. Some organizations and bureaucracies adopt state-of-the- art hardware and software more quickly than others, leaping ahead of their colleagues ...
Margaret Andersen, Howard Taylor, 2007
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Understanding the European Content Industries: A Reader on ...
1.7 Culture Lag What we have today, instead of a social consciousness electrically ordered, however, is a private subconscious or individual 'point of view' rigorously imposed by older mechanical technology. This is a perfectly natural result of ...
Peter A. Bruck, 2002
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Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors
JUL 1966 Cultural Lag GC: 540 USE Culture Lag # = Two or more Descriptors are used to represent this term. # = Two or more Descriptors are used to represent. Western Civilization World Views Cultural Centers JUL 1966 Postings: 211 ...
James E. Houston, 2001
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Social Change and Social Research: An Indian Perspective
In monographic and holistic research studies, carried c " at micro and macro levels, one may, at times, come across scant) mention of instance of culture lag. But there too the 'why* and 'how parts are not that revealing. Even the research ...
Rann Singh Mann, 1988
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Sociology: The Essentials
Key Terms beliefs 35 counterculture 38 cultural capital 46 cultural diffusion 50 cultural hegemony 42 cultural relativism 39 culture 26 culture lag 48 culture shock 49 digital divide 42 dominant culture 36 ethnocentrism 39 ethnomethodology 33 ...
Margaret Andersen, Howard Taylor, Kim Logio, 2014
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Theosophy and Culture: Nicholas Roerich
We must insist that a culture lag of the first half of the 20th century is perceived by N. Roerich, too26. According to him, the equilibrium is upset by the domination of materialistic principles which finally have reached their limit and are already ...
Anita Stasulane, 2005

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULTURE LAG»

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The Write Stuff: Steven Gray on the Surface of Something So …
He has two books of poetry: Shadow on the Rocks (2011), and Jet Shock and Culture Lag (2012). He also writes reviews for Litseen. «SF Weekly, Apr 15»
2
Law is changing but the culture lags
But the LGBT community isn't alone in having the culture lag with the law. African Americans have won equality and civil and human rights in ... «Washington Blade, Feb 15»
3
Technology, Policymaking, and the Future
... the things that looks pretty clear to me is that technology moves faster than culture. There is a culture lag. And—and I guess everybody knows ... «Council on Foreign Relations, May 14»
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Exclusive: Gillen & McKelvie Announce New Image Series, 'The …
Generally speaking, I feel frustrated with the culture lag on all my work. EvenThree, the most recent idea that's currently coming out, dates from ... «ComicsAlliance, Jan 14»
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Dancing in the Fountain: Culture lag between two homes
American author Karen McCann talks about mentally unpacking her bags to deal with the culture lag she feels when travelling between her two ... «Expatica Spain, Jul 13»
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The new 'involved dad' leading quiet revolution chipping away at …
Sociologists often talk about a “culture lag,” in which the culture itself shifts and people's behaviours catch up. The opposite seems to be ... «National Post, Jun 13»
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Between suburbia and radicalism
... of change tends to produce a phenomenon that one could call culture lag, which historians of ideas and art historians can tend to overlook. «The Australian, Oct 12»
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Eight things to do right away after you set up Windows 8
culture lag? to any of those who really hate that their win 8 has no "start" but that do not have the option to not use windows 8 should watch tekzilla on revision3 ... «ZDNet, Aug 12»

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