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Synonyms for cultivation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuhl-tuh-vey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkʌl təˈveɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for cultivation
- aestheticism
- agronomics
- agronomy
- civility
- civilization
- delicacy
- discernment
- discrimination
- encouragement
- enhancement
- enlightenment
- fostering
- furtherance
- gentility
- good taste
- grounding
- learning
- letters
- manners
- patronage
- plowing
- polish
- progress
- promotion
- refined taste
- refinement
- schooling
- support
- taste
- tillage
- tilling
- working
Définition of cultivation
Origin :- c.1700, of knowledge, etc., a figurative use, from French cultivation (16c.), noun of action from cultiver, from Latin cultivare "to till" (see cultivate). Meaning "raising of a plant or crop" is from 1719; literal sense of "tilling of the land" is from 1725.
- noun development of land for growing
- noun culture, sophistication, education
- noun nurture, help
- A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Amongst other services the monks rendered was the cultivation of learning and knowledge.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- There is no account of indigo, and the cultivation of cotton had not commenced.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- As the savages rendered the cultivation dangerous, it was given up.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- He had acquired the art of sorcery through the cultivation of magic.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- But he is high-minded, and possesses much intelligence and cultivation.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
- The cultivation of the silk-worm is in itself an abomination.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- It is the only species which is sure to respond to the methods of cultivation.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- And the great aim of education is the cultivation of the habit of abstraction.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Is it only poets, and men of leisure and cultivation, who live with her?
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Antonyms for cultivation
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