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Noun Concept

Categories: Cultural exchange, Articles with short description, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, Human migration, All articles needing additional references

diffusion diffusionism cultural diffusion trans-cultural diffusion Contact diffusion

The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another WordNet 3.0

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The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In cultural anthropology and cultural geography, cultural diffusion, as conceptualized by Leo Frobenius in his 1897/98 publication Der westafrikanische Kulturkreis, is the spread of cultural items—such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages—between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another. Wikipedia

Archaeological theory Wikidata

The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities. Wiktionary

The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another, especially the West. Wiktionary

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spread

branches of science

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buddhism diffusion

introduction of the matchlock in Japan

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mythology

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