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noun
A culture's vital energy, which gives it its emotional tone and motivates collective behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *lu- Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *wu- Swahili u- Arabic تَمَدَّنَ (tamaddana) Arabic تَمَدُّن (tamaddun)bor. Swahili utamaduni Proto-West Semitic *rūḥ- Arabic رُوح (rūḥ)bor. Swahili roho blend English utamaroho From a blend of Swahili utamaduni (“culture”) and roho (“spirit”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani in 1994.
