Kulturkreis
[ German koo l-toor-krahys ]
/ German kʊlˈturˌkraɪs /
noun, plural Kul·tur·krei·se [koo l-toor-krahy-zuh] /kʊlˈturˌkraɪ zə/. Anthropology.
formerly, a complex of related cultural traits assumed to diffuse or radiate outward as a unit in concentric waves or circles.