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Many people today think of culture in the way that it was thought of in Europe during the 18th and early 19th centuries . This ____________________ of culture reflected inequalities within European societies and their colonies around the world . This understanding of culture equates culture with ____________________ and contrasts both with nature or ____________________ - civilization . According to this understanding of culture , some countries are more civilized than others , and some people are more ____________________ than others . Theorists like Matthew Arnold ( 1822 - 1888 ) believed that culture is simply that which is created by " the best that has been thought and said in the world " ( p . 6 ) . [ 5 ] Anything that doesn't ____________________ into this category is labeled as chaos or anarchy . From this perspective , culture is closely tied to cultivation , which is the progressive refinement of human ____________________ .
In practice , culture referred to elite goods and activities such as ____________________ cuisine , high fashion or ____________________ couture , museum - caliber art and classical music . The word cultured referred to people who knew about and took part in these activities . For example , someone who used culture in this sense might ____________________ that classical music is more refined than music by working - class people , such as jazz or the ____________________ music traditions of ____________________ peoples .