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Cultural Determinism
The view that an individual's personality, behavior, economic level, social status, and so forth are created solely by cultural factors. A vast number of societies believe that their customs and rituals establish the identity of their political and economic structures. Individual identity and status are determined by cultural elements, not by biological factors.
10.4135/9781412972024.n619
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