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Meaning of protoculture | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The passing of behaviours from one generation to another among non-human primates. These cultures are very rudimentary, and do not exhibit complex cultural technology.

physical

Examples

“Life in this primitive condition of nature is not, in the words of Hobbes, "nasty, brutish, and short"; it is a world of rules, a world in which physical aggression and sexuality are shaped by a protoculture.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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