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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 civilization and contrasts both with
nature or non - civilization . According to this understanding of culture , some countries are more civilized
than others , and some people are more cultured 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 haute cuisine , high fashion or haute
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 indigenous music
traditions of aboriginal peoples .