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43 Examples of Nonmaterial Culture

 , July 28, 2021 updated on April 27, 2023
Nonmaterial culture are elements of culture that are intangible such that they have no specific physical manifestation. This can be contrasted with material culture that includes all physical things produced by a culture. Generally speaking, the bulk of culture is intangible such that only a very narrow band of the human experience is captured as physical items. The following are common examples of nonmaterial culture.
Aesthetics
Beliefs
Community
Conventions
Cultural Memory
Culture Change
Dance
Dining
Education
Enculturation
Etiquette
Expectations
Humor
Identity
Inclusion
Interpretations
Knowledge
Language
Media
Memes
Morals
Mores
Music
Myth
Nightlife
Norms
Pastimes
Processes
Respect
Risk Taking
Rituals
Roles
Sensibilities
Services
Shared Experience
Social Constructs
Social Status
Social Structure
Stories
Styles
Symbols
Traditions
Values
Many of the intangible elements of culture above also have material representations. For example, media can be intangible such as a radio broadcast or tangible such as an LP record.

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Culture
Dance
Emergence
Entertainment
Epic Experiences
Events
Expectations
Fashion
Games
Goals
Heritage
Hobbies
Human Culture
Humor
Ideas
Identity
Institutions
Intentions
Know-how
Knowledge
Language
Leisure
Lifestyle
Literature
Low Culture
Markets
Material Culture
Media
Myths
Nonmaterial Culture
Norms
Nostalgia
Parties
Postmodernism
Products
Recreation
Respect
Responsibility
Risk Avoidance
Risk Mitigation
Risk Taking
Rites Of Passage
School Culture
Services
Social Status
Sport
Subcultures
Traditions
Transportation
Trust
Values
Way Of Life
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