Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for cultural

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people

Each region has its own cultural traditions and festivals.

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The true synonym

ethnic

Same sentence, swapped: Each region has its own ethnic traditions and festivals.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for cultural as it is used in the sentence above.

educational
disciplinary
enlightening

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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