cultural literacy
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
cultural literacy (countable and uncountable, plural cultural literacies)
- Knowledge of and ability to discuss the history of and major concepts underlying a culture, particularly one's own and those of one's peers.
- Critics of contemporary culture generally posit a steep decline in cultural literacy.
References[edit]
- Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, by Ed Hirsch, →ISBN, Copyright 1988.