Cultural term: meaning of the word "Culture"

CULTURE (from Latin cultura - "I cultivate, I till the land", from colere - "to cultivate, to tend", related to "cult") is a concept that has a vast number of meanings in various areas of human activity. Culture is the subject of study in philosophy, cultural studies, history, sociology, art studies, linguistics (ethnolinguistics), political science, ethnology, psychology, economics, and pedagogy.

Generally, culture is understood as human activity in its many manifestations, including all forms and means of human self-expression and self-understanding, and the accumulation by the individual and society as a whole of skills and abilities. Culture also appears as a manifestation of human subjectivity and objectivity (character, competencies, skills, abilities, and knowledge).

Culture constitutes a set of stable forms of human activity without which it cannot be reproduced, and therefore cannot exist.

Culture is a set of rules that prescribe certain behavior to a person along with the accompanying experiences and thoughts, thereby exerting a regulatory influence on them.