"rape culture" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rape cultures [plural]
Etymology: From rape (“non-consensual sex”) + culture. Etymology templates: {{m|en|rape||non-consensual sex}} rape (“non-consensual sex”), {{m|en|culture}} culture Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rape culture (countable and uncountable, plural rape cultures)
  1. A culture, environment or society where rape (a form of sexual assault) is common, and in which social attitudes or practices work to trivialize sexual violence, make rape seem normal, or shift responsibility from rapists to rape victims. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Feminism Related terms: rapism Translations (rape culture): verkrachtingscultuur [feminine] (Dutch), raiskauskulttuuri (Finnish), culture du viol [feminine] (French), Vergewaltigungskultur [feminine] (German), Rape Culture (english: commonly used Anglicism) [feminine] (German), cultura dello stupro [feminine] (Italian), kultura gwałtu [feminine] (Polish), cultura do estupro [feminine] (Portuguese), cultura de la violación [feminine] (Spanish), våldtäktskultur [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rape_culture-en-noun-JX76WOEn Disambiguation of Feminism: 76 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Etymology: From rape (“Brassica rapa plant”) + culture. Etymology templates: {{m|en|rape||Brassica rapa plant}} rape (“Brassica rapa plant”), {{m|en|culture}} culture Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rape culture (uncountable)
  1. (agriculture) The cultivation (growing or production) of rape. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture Synonyms: rapeseed culture Translations (rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation): rapsin viljely (Finnish), Rapsanbau [masculine] (German), Rapsbau [masculine] (German), Rapskultur [feminine] (German), Rapscultur (note: obsolete spelling) [feminine] (German), Repsanbau (english: older spellings) [South-German, masculine] (German), Repsbau [masculine] (German), Repskultur [feminine] (German), Repscultur [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-rape_culture-en-noun-Ia2ZEexq Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "sense": "rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rapsbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rapskultur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "obsolete spelling",
      "sense": "rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rapscultur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "older spellings",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation",
      "tags": [
        "South-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Repsanbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Repsbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Repskultur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Repscultur"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rape culture"
  ],
  "word": "rape culture"
}

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