"supercultivated" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more supercultivated [comparative], most supercultivated [superlative]
Etymology: From super- + cultivated. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|super-|cultivated}} super- + cultivated Head templates: {{en-adj}} supercultivated (comparative more supercultivated, superlative most supercultivated)
  1. Extremely cultivated (in various senses).
    Sense id: en-supercultivated-en-adj-zz6zz8DS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-

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          "text": "What is curious is the completeness with which this hyper-imaginative, supercultivated world — which could well account for, say, Shakespeare's \"romances,\" for his sophisticated and profoundly consistent use of the mythologies of the great religions, for his use of emblematic symbolism, both in his dramatic structure and his poetic style, and for his phenomenal abilities as an actively creative visionary—vanished.",
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